how to pronounce barbara

/ˈbɑɹbəɹə/

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barbara is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of barbara in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… you might call it Barbara or even Keith …”

meanings of barbara

name:

A female given name from Latin.

noun:

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".

barbara frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word barbara occurs in english on average 16.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.