Barra (disambiguation)

::"For the similar sounding Burra see Burra (disambiguation)"Barra may refer to:

Places in Europe:
*Barra, Scotland, United Kingdom
*Barra (Naples), Italy
*Barra de Mira, Portugal
*Gougane Barra, a settlement in County Cork, Ireland

Places in Africa:
*Barra, Gambia
*Praia da Barra, Inhambane Province, Mozambique

Places in Oceania:
*Barra Brui, New South Wales, Australia
*Glen Barra, via Bendemeer, New South Wales, Australia

Places in North America:
*Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico

Places in South America:
*Barra, Bahia, a municipality in Bahia, Brazil
*Barra Bonita, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
*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, one of two municipalities in Brazil
**Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas
**Barra de São Miguel, Paraíba
*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 Turvo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
*Barra Mansa, a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

People called Barra:
*Barra binte Samawal
*Francisco León de la Barra (1863-1939)
*Joseph Bara, a hero of the French Revolution whose name is often written "Barra".
*Pasquale Barra, former NCO hitman and pentito.
*Robert Barra New York politician

Barra could also mean:
*Barra is a slang term for the British town of Barrow (Barrow-in-Furness), also as to reflect the local accent
*Barra brava
*Barra system, passive solar building technology
*Barra, Inc., a financial services firm
*Barracuda, a fish
*Barramundi, a fish
*Ford Barra engine, an engine produced by Ford Australia for its Falcon range
*French ship Barra (1794), a 74-gun Ship of the line, renamed "Hoche" and captured by the British in 1798, serving in the Royal Navy as HMS "Donegal"
*Gracie Barra, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu association
*La Barra Brava