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A city of southern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Simcoe north-northwest of Toronto. It is a manufacturing center and summer resort. Population: 128,000.

 

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bary, baryd, barye, baryed (bari

pressure (Metric) Ambiguously used to mean both the bar (= 100 kPa) and barad, i.e. dyn·cm-2 (= 0.1 Pa = 1μbar), though barye was a former name for bar. Spellings involving the letter d seem generally to refer to barad.

 
Barrie, city (1991 pop. 62,728), S Ont., Canada, on the west shore of Lake Simcoe. It is a commuter city in the Toronto metropolitan region. Among the city's diverse manufactures are clothing, spirits, electronics, and leather goods. A large military base is nearby.


 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
  Synonyms: James Barrie, J. M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie


 
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