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gary | barry |

As a proper noun gary

is .

As a noun barry is

(heraldry) a field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.

gary

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A town in Indiana, and other US places named for persons with the surname Gary.
  • A city in South Dakota
  • , popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.

    • Quotations

    * 1957 Meredith Willson: The Music Man : Gary, Indiana ( a song) : *: Gary , Indiana! *: What a wonderful name! *: Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame. *: Gary , Indiana, as Shakespeare would say, *: Trips along softly on the tongue this way * 1964 Anne Tyler: If Morning Ever Comes . Severn House 1983. page 52: *: "Gary' s an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."

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    barry

    English

    Etymology 1

    Anglicized form of (etyl) Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.
  • derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
    • Derived terms
    * Diminutives: Baz, Bazza
    Quotations
    * 1844 , , The Luck of Barry Lyndon (University of Michigan Press, 1999, ISBN 047211042X), page 44 *: I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry' Redmond instead of Redmond '''Barry'''; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which ''is'' ' Barry , and the best name in Ireland.

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Any of a number of places, including a coastal town near Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom.

    • References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.