Barbara

[ bahr-bruh, -ber-uh ]

noun

1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”

Example Sentences

They have bought and sold a number of properties around L.A., yet the Santa Barbara area was a particular favorite.

From Los Angeles Times

Without crops to harvest, more than 42,000 field workers in Ventura County are without a paycheck in such disasters, said Primitiva Hernández, executive director of 805 Undocufund, a joint effort of immigrant-serving organizations in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

From Los Angeles Times

A study on the economic contributions of undocumented workers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties found that 20% of the immigrants in Ventura County live below the poverty line.

From Los Angeles Times

The initiative received support in counties including Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and all nine that make up the San Francisco Bay Area.

From Los Angeles Times

In a first, a research team headed by Michelle Jagst and Professor Eike Steinmann from the Department of Molecular and Medical Virology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in collaboration with Dr. Barbara Gisevius' research group at Professor Ralf Gold's Research Department of Neuroscience, has developed a cell model to study the interaction of the virus with nerve cells.

From Science Daily