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A barachois is a term used in Atlantic Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon to describe a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar. Salt water may enter the barachois during high tide.
The bar often is formed as a result of sediment deposited in the delta region of a river or - as is the case in Miquelon - by a tombolo.
The term comes from a Basque word, “barratxoa”, meaning “little bar”. The popular derivation from the French “barre à choir” is without historical merit.
In Newfoundland English, the word has become written and pronounced as barrasway.
The term is also used to describe the coves in the lagoon of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Barachois was a Canadian band from Prince Edward Island that plays traditional Acadian music.
Barachois may refer to:
- Barachois is a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand bar.
- Barachois, Newfoundland and Labrador, small hamlet on the Labrador coast of Canada
- Barachois Brook, small town of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Barachois Harbour, Nova Scotia
- Barachois Pond Provincial Park, along the west coast of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Barachois railway station, Quebec Canada
- Barachois (band), an Acadian folk band of Canada
- Grand Barachois, lies between Miquelon Island and Langlade Island
- Grand-Barachois, New Brunswick, a Rural Service District since amalgamated into Beaubassin Est