Baka

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Baka (plural Baka)

1. A member of a nomadic ethnic group inhabiting parts of western and central Africa.

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish Baka.

Baka (plural Bakas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Baka is the 38850^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Baka is most common among White (88.38%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.

• Ka'ba

Baka

1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From baka. Calque of Arabic الْبَقَرَة (al-baqara, “the cow”). See also Arabic سُورَةُ ٱلْبَقَرَة (sūratu l-baqara).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Ba‧ka

Baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ) (Islam)

1. Baqara (2nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an)