Barca or Barce may refer to:

Places

Barca (ancient city) Barca ( ar, برقة, ''Barqa''; Berber: ''Berqa''), also called Barce ( grc-gre, Βάρκη, ''Bárkē''), was an ancient city and former bishopric, which survives as both a Latin Catholic and an Orthodox titular see. History Antiquity Bar ...

or Barce, a Greek city in North Africa *

La Barca (municipality) La Barca is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and is about an hour and 20 minutes from the state capital Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, st ...

, Jalisco, Mexico *

Barqa, Gaza Barqa ( ar, برقة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 37 km north of Gaza near the modern-day Israeli city of Ashdod. It was referred to as ''Barka'' by the Greeks and ''Bareca'' by the Romans during their rule over the ancient Philis ...

*Barca (parish), a parish of Portugal * Bârca, a commune in Dolj County, Romania *

Košice-Barca Barca ( hu, Bárca) is a borough (city ward) of Košice, Slovakia. Located in the Košice IV district, it lies at an altitude of roughly above sea level, and is home to over 3,600 people. The borough is generally rural in nature. History It was ...

, a city part of Košice, Slovakia * Barca, Rimavská Sobota District, a village in southern Slovakia * Barca, Soria, a municipality in Soria, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain *

A Barca A Barca is an abandoned hamlet located in the municipality of Cortegada, Ourense, Galicia, Spain. It is located near the Minho River and the Portuguese border. It consists of twelve houses and measures around . History The hamlet was founded in t ...

, an abandoned hamlet in Galicia, Spain

Zoology

* ''Barce'' (bug), a genus of thread-legged bugs in the subfamily Emesinae of the family Reduviidae *'' Barca bicolor'', a monotypic species in a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae *''

Deloneura barca ''Deloneura barca'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion ...

'' a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae

Other uses

*"Barça" or

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

, a sports club in Barcelona, Spain **

UB-Barça Club Bàsquet Femení Universitari de Barcelona–FC Barcelona was a Spanish Catalonia, Catalan women's basketball team. Initially named CBF Universitari de Barcelona, belonging just to the University of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, it lat ...

, a now-defunct Spanish basketball team once sponsored by FC Barcelona * ''Barca'' (board game), a strategy board game *

Barca-longa A barca-longa (1600s, also barqua-; 1600s–1700s barco-longo) was a two- or three-masted lugger used near the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and more widely in the Mediterranean Sea. Barca-longas were used in Spain and Portugal for fishing, and we ...

, a two or three-masted lugger used in the Mediterranean

People with the surname

Barcids The Barcid ( phn, 𐤁𐤓𐤒, baraq) family was a notable family in the ancient city of Carthage; many of its members were fierce enemies of the Roman Republic. "Barcid" is an adjectival form coined by historians (''cf.'' "Ramesside" and "Abba ...

or Barca family, a prominent family in ancient Carthage **

Hamilcar Barca Hamilcar Barca or Barcas ( xpu, 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, ''Ḥomilqart Baraq''; –228BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-l ...

(275–228 BC), general and statesman, father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago **

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...

Barca (247 – c. 181 BC), military commander **

Hasdrubal Barca Hasdrubal Barca (245– 22June 207BC), a latinization of ʿAzrubaʿal ( xpu, 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 ) son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the brother of Hannibal and Mago Barca. Youth and Iberian ...

(245–207 BC), military commander **

Mago Barca Mago Barca ( xpu, 𐤌𐤂‬𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒‬, ; 243–203BC) was a Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Mag ...

(243–203 BC), military commander *

Aija Barča Aija Barča (born 26 October 1949) is a Latvian pedagogue and politician and a Deputy of the Saeima in 1998-2002 and since 2006. She was elected from LSDSP, the social democratic list in the 7th Saeima, from People's Party (Latvia), People's Pa ...

(born 1949), Latvian pedagogue and politician *

Fabrizio Barca Fabrizio Barca (born 8 March 1954) is an Italian senior civil servant and politician, who served as a state minister without portfolio for territorial cohesion in the Monti cabinet from 2011 to 2013. Early life and education Barca was born in T ...

(born 1954), Italian politician *

Giovanni Battista Barca Giovanni Battista Barca, or Giovanni Battista Barchi, (1594-1650) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Mantua, but became a citizen of Verona. He appears to have been a pupil of Domenico Fetti. He painted a ''Pietà'' for ...

(1594–1650), Italian Baroque painter *

Mike Barca Miguel "Mike" Barca (born January 30, 1954) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Barca attended East Side High School i ...

(born 1954), American soccer goalkeeper *

Peter W. Barca Peter William Barca (born August 7, 1955) is an American Democratic politician and the current Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. Barca is a lifelong resident of the Kenosha area. B ...

(born 1955), Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin *

Roxana Bârcă Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru, née Bârcă (born 22 June 1988) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She also competed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor ...

(born 1988), Romanian long-distance runner *

Teodor Bârcă Teodor Bârcă (12 June 1894 – 12 May 1993) was a Bessarabian politician and professor, who on 27 March 1918 voted the union of Bessarabia with Romania. He was the vice president of Sfatul Țării, the parliament of Bessarabia at the time ...

(fl. 1894–1918), Bessarabian politician *

Teodosie Bârcă __NOTOC__ Teodosie Bârcă (1894 – ?) was a Bessarabian politician, member of Sfatul Țării, the parliament that voted the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. Biography He was born in Tătărăuca Nouă, Soroksky Uyezd, Bessarabia Govern ...

(fl. 1894–1918), Bessarabian politician *

Vasile Bârcă Vasile Bârcă (born 2 January 1884, Ignăţei, Orhei county - died 14 May 1949, Bucharest) was a Moldovan politician, member of the Moldovan Parliament, mayor of Chișinău and minister during Greater Romania. Biography He studied law at the ...

(1884–1949), Moldovan politician

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