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Barbora

From the Greek barbaros: "foreign, strange", a word that came to mean "traveller" or "outsider".

Meaning and origin

Barbora is the Czech and Slovak form of Barbara, a name with deep Christian roots through Saint Barbara, one of the most widely venerated saints in the Catholic tradition.

How to pronounce Barbora

Czech (Czechia)BAR-bor-ah /ˈbarbɔra/

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