Barra Island (Scotland)
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Name (Hebrew)
ברה (סקוטלנד : אי)
Name (Latin)
Barra Island (Scotland)
Coordinates
-7.466666666 -7.466666666 56.98333333 56.98333333 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Scotland
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Hebrides (Scotland)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q223212
Library of congress:
sh 86000146
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: McGregor, H. Barra, 1984.
- Lippincott.
- Old catalog heading(Barra Isles, Hebrides)
- New Shell guide to Scotland.
Wikipedia description:
Barra (; Scottish Gaelic: Barraigh [ˈparˠaj] or Eilean Bharraigh [ˈelan ˈvarˠaj] ; Scots: Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway. In 2011, the population was 1,174. English and Gaelic are widely spoken, and at the 2011 Census, there were 761 Gaelic speakers (62% of the population, falling from 76% in the 1991 census).
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