Barr (placename element)
Barr- is a pre-Indo-European linguistic root meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier'.
In addition to the common noun, 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, etc.
but not Le Bar-sur-Loup, a former Albarn > Aubarn.
In Alps, the word applies to rocky escarpments:
This root should not be mistaken for the Basque root 'valley'.
