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Barry Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. The leading imports are bananas, oil, timber, grain, and sand. Barry also has large storage and ship-repair facilities. The town is a seaside resort especially noted for the beaches on Barry Island, which is linked to the mainland.

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Barry (Y Barri) Vale Glam. Barri c.1190. ‘Hill’. Welsh barr. The name properly refers to Barry Island. The Welsh name has Welsh y, ‘the’.

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Barry, UK, USA 1. UK (Wales): locally Y Barri and originally Barren ‘hill brook’ from the Welsh y ‘the’ and barr ‘summit of a hill’.2. USA (Illinois): originally named Barre, after the town in Vermont, before being changed by the US Post Office.

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