barby

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barby¹

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Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.

Barby²

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5470).
  2. A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  3. A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
  4. A town on the Elbe in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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@misc{barby_2026,
  title = {barby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}