- Barr-
Barr- is a
pre-Indo-European linguistic root meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier' [Michel Morvan, "La racine toponymique pré-celtique *Bar", Lapurdum I 1996, ERS 142 du CNRS, ISBN 2-84127-106-4.] [Éric Vial, "Les noms de villes et de village", Belin, 1983, ISBN 2-70110-476-9 ] .In addition to the common noun bar, it explains many
place name s as:* Barr, commune of
Alsace ,France .
* Bar, commune ofCorrèze , Limousin, France,
*Bar-sur-Aube andBar-sur-Seine , communes ofAube , Champagne, France,
*Bar-le-Duc , commune of Lorraine,France , etc.but not
Le Bar-sur-Loup , a former "Albarn > Aubarn".In
Alps , the word applies to rocky escarpments:
* laBarre des Écrins is a mountain in French Alps.This root should not be mistaken for the Basque root Bar- / ibar 'valley'.
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