Barataria is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Barataria in a sentence
Barataria meaning
A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
Using Barataria
- The main meaning on this page is: A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
- In the example corpus, barataria often appears in combinations such as: the barataria, at barataria, of barataria.
Context around Barataria
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barataria
- In this selection, "barataria" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lake, halt, library, san and bay stand out and add context to how "barataria" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include burgesses of barataria in the and commandant at barataria. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barataria" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barataria
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Barataria Library held a painting session. (7 words)
He brought all captured goods to Barataria. (7 words)
Like Barataria, Galveston was a seaward island that protected a large inland bay. (13 words)
A cleanup worker picks up blobs of oil in absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. (31 words)
The Burgesses of Barataria in the region of San Juan/Laventille and Belmont East in the Port-of-Spain Corporation will go to the polls in a Bye Election next month. (31 words)
Ramsay (1996), p. 71. Patterson praised the Barataria men who served on one of the US Navy ships, and whose skill with artillery was greater than their British counterparts. (29 words)
Example sentences (17)
The Barataria Library held a painting session.
The MP for Barataria/ San Juan called on the ruling administration to do more to improve the criminal justice system.
A cleanup worker picks up blobs of oil in absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The Burgesses of Barataria in the region of San Juan/Laventille and Belmont East in the Port-of-Spain Corporation will go to the polls in a Bye Election next month.
Film Part of the Barataria Preserve in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve *Saxon's novel was adapted for the Cecil B. DeMille movie The Buccaneer (1938).
He brought all captured goods to Barataria.
He requested approval to raise a militia company to "disperse those desperate men on Lake Barataria whose piracies have rendered our shores a terror to neutral flags".
Jean Lafitte spent the majority of his time in Barataria managing the daily hands-on business of outfitting privateers and arranging the smuggling of stolen goods.
Like Barataria, Galveston was a seaward island that protected a large inland bay.
Ramsay (1996), p. 23. Barataria was far from the U.S. naval base, and ships could easily smuggle in goods without being noticed by customs officials.
Ramsay (1996), p. 48. Captain Nicholas Lockyer, the commander of the Sophie, had been ordered to contact the "Commandant at Barataria".
Ramsay (1996), p. 50. Lafitte had copies of the letters sent to Jean Blanque, a member of the state legislature who had invested in the Barataria operation.
Ramsay (1996), p. 62. On December 19, the state legislature passed a resolution recommending a full pardon for all of the former residents at Barataria.
Ramsay (1996), p. 71. Patterson praised the Barataria men who served on one of the US Navy ships, and whose skill with artillery was greater than their British counterparts.
Ramsay (1996), pp. 35 6. As the smuggling operations reduced the amount of revenue collected by customs offices, American authorities were determined to halt Barataria's operations.
Resentful of the raid on Barataria, Lafitte's men refused to serve on their former ships.
The crew would create a manifest that listed not the provisions that had been purchased, but smuggled items stored at Barataria.
Common combinations with barataria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the barataria 4×
- at barataria 3×
- of barataria 2×