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Barr (placename element)

Barr- is a pre-Indo-European linguistic root meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier'.

In addition to the common noun bar, it explains many place names as:

Barr, commune of Alsace, France
Bar, commune of Corrèze, Limousin France
Bar-sur-Aube and Bar-sur-Seine, communes of Aube, Champagne, France
Bar-le-Duc, commune of Lorraine, France

but not Le Bar-sur-Loup, a former Albarn Aubarn.

In Alps, the word applies to rocky escarpments:

la Barre des Écrins is a mountain in French Alps.

This root should not be mistaken for the Basque root Bar- / ibar 'valley'.

References

Éric Vial, ''Les noms de villes et de village'', Belin, 1983, {{ISBN. 2-7011-0476-9

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