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 is an ethnic group found in both South Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The majority the Baka people are found in Western and Central Equatoria Regions in South Sudan. In South Sudan, the Baka people are mainly Christi ...

, an African ethnic group *

Baka language Baka (also called ''Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka,'' and ''Bibaya de L’est'') is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon. Ethnically, the people are closely related to the Aka, collectively known as t ...

, 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 2013 ...

, a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan

People with the name

Józef Baka Józef Baka (; died 1780) 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–Lithuanian Commonwea ...

, 18th century poet, Jesuit priest and missionary *

Latifa Baka Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories. She received the Moroccan Writers' Union Prize in 1992. She teaches sociology in Agadir. Literary work Her first collection of novels is Que faire ? (What to do?). ...

(born 1964), Moroccan author *

Bikheris Bikheris () is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian king, who may have ruled during the 4th Dynasty ( Old Kingdom period). Next to nothing is known about this ruler and some Egyptologists even believe him to be fictitious.Jürgen von Becke ...

or Ba-Ka, Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh *

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

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

Mohamed Arif Mohamed Arif (; 11 August 1985 – 25 June 2024), better known by his nickname Baka, was a Maldivian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Myanmar National league club Kanbawza Football Club and the Maldives national team. Wid ...

(1985-2024), Maldivian footballer better known as Baka

Fictional and mythical characters

Bakasura Bakasura (, ), also rendered Baka, is a rakshasa featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The rakshasa lives in a forest which nowadays known as "Gangani" located near Garhbeta town of the Indian state of West Bengal. In exchange for prote ...

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

Brahmā (Buddhism) is a leading God (Deva (Buddhism), 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 deity, creator god. In Buddhist tradition, it ...

* 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 aired on TV Asahi's 2007 Super Hero Time programming block with '' Kamen ...

'' *

Cirno The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by Indie game, independent Japanese Doujin soft, soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. The team's sole member, ZUN (video game developer), Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, ha ...

, 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 (, lit. "Valley"; ) 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 Hevron on the east at 760 meters ab ...

, a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem *

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 ( ), is a place mentioned in ''surah'' 3 ( 'Āl 'Imrān), '' ayah'' 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: "Indeed, the first House f worshipestablished for mankind was that at Bakkah .e., Makkah- blessed and a guidance for ...

, 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 ...

Other uses

* ''Baka'' (Japanese word), meaning "fool; idiot; foolish" * Yokosuka MXY-7 ''Ohka'', or Baka, Japanese suicide planes *

BAKA Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to: Ethnicities and languages * Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), an African ethnic group * Baka people (Congo and South Sudan), an African ethnic group * Baka language, a dialect cluster of Cameroon and Gabon * 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. It is also known as the baka indigobird but the spelling "barka" ...

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

Outback (group) Outback were a world music "World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nat ...

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