Barra (disambiguation)

Barra may refer to:

Places

• Barra, Scotland, United Kingdom
• North Barra, a historic name for Sula Sgeir, Scotland
• Barra (Naples), Italy
• Barra de Mira, Portugal
• Barra, Gambia
• Barra Beach, Inhambane Province, Mozambique
• Barra, Macau
  • Barra station of Macau Light Rapid Transit

Brazil

• Barra, Bahia, a municipality in Bahia
• Barra (neighborhood), a neighborhood of the city of Salvador
• Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro

Organisations

• Barra, Inc., a financial services firm
• Isle of Barra distillery, a whisky distillery

Sport

• Barra brava, a name for organized supporter groups of football teams in Latin America
• Barra Futebol Clube, a Brazilian soccer club
• Barra Mansa Futebol Clube, a Brazilian soccer club

People

• Barra binte Samawal, figure in the life of Muhammad
• Caesar B. F. Barra (1880–1949), Italian-American lawyer and politician
• Francisco León de la Barra (1863–1939)
• Joseph Bara (1779–1793), a hero of the French Revolution whose name is often written "Barra"
• Mary Barra (born 1961), CEO of General Motors
• Pasquale Barra (1942–2015), former NCO hitman and pentito
• Ray Barra (born 1930), ballet dancer and ballet director
• Robert Barra (born 1960), New York politician
• Rodolfo Barra (born 1947), Argentine politician

Other uses

• Barra system, passive solar building technology
• Ford Barra engine, an engine produced by Ford Australia for its Falcon range
• French ship Barra (1794), a 74-gun Ship of the line, captured and served in the Royal Navy as HMS Donegal (1798)
• Storm Barra, a 2021–22 European windstorm

See also

• Barracuda, a fish
• Barramundi, a fish
• Barra, slang term for the British town of Barrow-in-Furness, also as to reflect the local accent
• Burra (disambiguation)
• Barra Bonita (disambiguation), several places
• Barra da Lagoa, a district of the city of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Barra de Santo Antônio, a municipality in Alagoas, Brazil
• Barra de São Francisco, a municipality in Espírito Santo, Brazil
• Barra de São Miguel (disambiguation), multiple places
• Barra do Chapéu, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
• Barra do Garças, a city in Mato Grosso, Brazil
• Barra do Piraí, a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Barra do Quaraí, a town in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Barra do Ribeiro, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Barra do Turvo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
• Barra Mansa, a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Barra de Navidad, Mexico
• Gougane Barra, a settlement in County Cork, Ireland
• Barra Brui, New South Wales, Australia
• Gracie Barra, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu association
• La Barra Brava, an independent supporters' group for Major League Soccer's D.C. United and the United States