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 language (South Sudan), a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan

People with the name

• Józef Baka, 18th century poet, Jesuit priest and missionary
• Latifa Baka (born 1964), Moroccan author
• Bikheris or Ba-Ka, Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh
• Baka (prince), Fourth Dynasty Egyptian prince who might be the above-named Bikheris
• Baka Prase (born 1996), Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer
• Mohamed Arif (1985–2024), Maldivian footballer better known as Baka

Fictional and mythical characters

• Bakasura, a mythical demon in the Mahabharata also known as Baka
• Baka Brahma, a deity in Buddhism - see Brahmā (Buddhism)
• Bākā, a character from Juken Sentai Gekiranger
• Bacá (mythological creature) or Baká, a shape-shifting demon in Dominican Republic folklore
• Cirno, 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, a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem
• Baka, Slovakia, a village in Dunajská Streda District
• Bakkah, also transliterated Baka, another name for Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Baká, one of the municipalities of Nicaragua

Other uses

• Baka (Japanese word), meaning "fool; idiot; foolish"
• 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, an African species of bird
• Baka, the 1990 debut album of the world-music group Outback (group)

See also

• The Baka Boyz (Nick and Eric Vidal), nationally syndicated radio hosts in the US
• Baka Rangers, a group of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters
• Bakas, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
• Amalia Bakas (1897–1979), Greek singer born Mazaltov Matsa
• Rifaiz Bakas (born 1982), Dutch former cricketer