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English
Etymology
From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Barka
- (historical) Alternative form of Barqa, former name of Marj, a city in Libya.
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Barka f
- a diminutive of the female given names Bára, Barbora, or Barbara
Declension
Declension of Barka (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “Barka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Barka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989