Barca or Barce may refer to:

Places

Barca (ancient city) Barca (Latin), also known as Barke (, ''Bárkē''), Barka, Barqa, Barqah (, ), and Barce (Latin and Italian) was an ancient, medieval, and early modern city located at the site of Marj in northeastern Libya. It remains a Catholic and Orthodox ...

or Barce, a Greek city in North Africa *

La Barca (municipality) La Barca is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is one of twenty five municipalities that make up the state of Jalisco. It's located in the Ciénega region, and encompasses 37,948 kilometers squared. The 2020 Census counte ...

, Jalisco, Mexico *

Barqa, Gaza Barqa () 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 Philistine city. ...

*Barca (parish), a parish of Portugal * Barca d'Alva, village in Portugal *

Barca d'Alva railway station Barca d'Alva railway station was the terminal station of the Douro Line, until its closure in 1988. The station used to serve Barca d'Alva and acted as a border station between Portugal and Spain, via the Barca d'Alva–La Fuente de San Esteban ...

, train station in Portugal * Bârca, a commune in Dolj County, Romania *

Košice-Barca Barca () 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 originally ...

, a city part of Košice, Slovakia *

Barca, Rimavská Sobota District Barca (earlier also ''Borica, Baraca''; ) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1343 (1343 ''Barasta ...

, a village in southern Slovakia * Barca, Soria, a municipality in Soria, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain * A Barca, an abandoned hamlet in Galicia, Spain

Zoology

* ''Barce'' (bug), a genus of thread-legged bugs in the family Reduviidae *''Barca'' (butterfly), a genus of skippers in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

Other uses

*"Barça" or

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

, a sports club in Barcelona, Spain ** UB-Barça, 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 w ...

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

People with the surname

Barcids The Barcid () family was a notable Punic ( Phoenician) 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 "Abbasid" ...

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

Hamilcar Barca Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (; – 228BC) was a Ancient Carthage, Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca, Hasdrubal and Mago Barca, Mago. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the F ...

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

Hannibal Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's fat ...

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

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

(245–207 BC), military commander **

Mago Barca Mago Barca (; died 202 BC) was a Carthaginian, member of the Barcid family, 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. Mago was the ...

(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 the social democratic list in the 7th Saeima, from People's Party in the 9th and from the Un ...

(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 government from 2011 to 2013. Early life and education Barca was born i ...

(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 in N ...

(born 1954), American soccer goalkeeper *

Peter W. Barca Peter William Barca (born August 7, 1955) is an American Democratic politician from Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was the 14th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (2019–2024) in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. He was ...

(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 Ch ...

(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 (2 January 1884 – 14 May 1949) was a Moldovan politician, member of the Moldovan Parliament, mayor of Chișinău and minister during Greater Romania. Biography He studied law at the University of Petersburg (1906), obtaining his ...

(1884–1949), Moldovan politician

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