Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to:

Ethnicities and languages

Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon) The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (''Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya''), are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic ...

, an African ethnic group *

Baka people (Congo and South Sudan) The Baka are an ethnic group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Equatoria Western Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of . Its capital is Yambio. The state was divided into counties, each headed by a Co ...

, an African ethnic group * Baka language, a dialect cluster of Cameroon and Gabon *

Baka language (South Sudan) Baka (''Tara Baka'') is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as and . A 20 ...

, a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan

People with the name

Józef Baka Józef Baka (Lithuanian: ''Juozapas Baka'') was a late Baroque poet, Jesuit priest and missionary. Born in March of either 1706 or 1707, probably in Nowogrodek, Baka is regarded as one of the most prominent poets of the 18th century Polish–Lit ...

, 18th century poet, Jesuit priest and missionary *

Latifa Baka Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the inte ...

(born 1964), Moroccan author *

Bikheris Bikheris is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who may have ruled during the 4th Dynasty ( Old Kingdom period) around 2570 BC. Next to nothing is known about this ruler and some Egyptologists even believe him to be fictitio ...

or Ba-Ka, Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh *

Baka (prince) Baka is the name of an ancient Egyptian prince. He is known for his destroyed statuette. He is also the subject of a theory that claims he was pharaoh of Egypt for a very short time. Thus, he might be identical to a scarcely known king named Bik ...

, Fourth Dynasty Egyptian prince who might be the above-named Bikheris * Baka Prase (born 1996), Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer

Fictional and mythical characters

Bakasura Bakasura ( sa, बकासुर, ), also rendered Baka or kuaishwa, is a rakshasa featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The rakshasa lives in a forest near the town of Ekachakrapura. In exchange for protecting the kingdom from invaders, he ...

, a mythical demon in the ''Mahabharata'' also known as Baka * Baka Brahma, a deity in Buddhism - see

Brahmā (Buddhism) is a leading god ( deva) and heavenly king in Buddhism. He is considered as a protector of teachings (''dharmapala''), and he is never depicted in early Buddhist texts as a creator god. In Buddhist tradition, it was the deity Brahma Sahampati ...

* Bākā, a character from ''

Juken Sentai Gekiranger is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007 on TV Asahi's 2007 ''Super Hero Time'' prog ...

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Cirno This is a list of the characters that belong to the '' Touhou Project'', a series of ''danmaku'' and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most ''Touhou'' characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illusi ...

, a fictional character from the ''Touhou Project'' who is often referred to by its fans and creator as "baka"

Places

* Baka, Burkina Faso, a village in Gnagna Province * Baka, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province *

Baka, Jerusalem Baka ( ar, بقعه, lit. "Valley"; he, בַּקְעָה) is a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem. The official name is Geulim, which is mainly used on road signs. Geography The neighborhood is somewhat trapezoidal, sandwiched between Derech He ...

, a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, Israel *

Baka, Slovakia Baka () is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. It has a football club, the FC BAKA. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 115 metres and covers an area of 19.989&n ...

, a village in Dunajská Streda District *

Bakkah Bakkah ( ar, بَكَّةُ ), is a place mentioned in '' sura'' 3 ( 'Āl 'Imrān), '' ayah'' 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: " Verily the first House set apart unto mankind was that at Bakkah, blest, and a guidance unto the w ...

, also transliterated Baka, another name for Mecca, Saudi Arabia * Baká, one of the

municipalities of Nicaragua The 15 Departments of Nicaragua, departments and 2 autonomous regions of Nicaragua are divided into 153 municipalities. The formation and dissolution of municipalities is governed by the Law of Municipalities (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ley No ...

Other uses

* ''Baka'' (Japanese word), meaning "fool; idiot; foolish", and which applies to: * Yokosuka MXY-7 ''Ohka'', or Baka, Japanese suicide planes * BAKA, the Muslim chaplain service of the Royal Malaysian Police * Baka indigobird (''Vidua larvaticola''), a variant spelling of

barka indigobird The barka indigobird (''Vidua larvaticola'') is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, and South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Re ...

, an African species of bird * ''Baka'', the 1990 debut album of the world-music group Outback (group)

Ethnicities and languages

People with the name

Fictional and mythical characters

Places

Other uses

See also