Baka

Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to:

People

Ethnic groups

• Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), an African ethnic group
• Baka people (Congo and South Sudan), an African ethnic group
• Baka-Nswazwi, an ethnic group from Botswana
• Uma baka', a tribe from the center of Borneo

Individuals

• Józef Baka, 18th century poet, Jesuit priest and missionary
• Latifa Baka (born 1964), Moroccan author
• The Baka Boyz (Nick and Eric Vidal), nationally syndicated radio hosts in the United States
• Bikheris or Ba-Ka, 4th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh

Fictional characters

• Bākā, a character from Juken Sentai Gekiranger
• Baka Rangers, a group of Negima! Magister Negi Magi characters
• Cirno, a fictional character from the Touhou Project who is often referred to by its fans and creator as "baka"

Language

• Baka (word), a Japanese word meaning "fool; idiot; foolish", and which applies to:
  • "Baka", a World War II American nickname for the Japanese Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka kamikaze plane
  • Baka yoke, a Japanese term meaning fail-safing or "idiot-proofing"
• Baka language, a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken in Cameroon and Gabon
• Baka language (South Sudan), a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan
• Bongo-Baka languages, a group of languages spoken in Southern Sudan

Music

• Ai no Baka, Yuki Uchida's fourth album
• Baka Beyond, a band based on musical influences of the Baka tribe
• Pretty Little Baka Guy, a 1986 album by Shonen Knife
• "Suki Sugite Baka Mitai", a 2005 single by DEF.DIVA
• Baka, the 1990 debut album of the world-music group Outback (group)

Place names

• Baka, Burkina Faso, a village in Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso
• Baka, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
• Baka, Jerusalem, a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, Israel
• Baka, Slovakia, a village in Dunajská Streda District, Slovakia
• Baka Khel Wazir, a town and union council in Bannu District, Pakistan
• Bakkah, also transliterated Baka, is another name for Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Baqa al-Gharbiyye, a town in Haifa District, Israel
• Baká, one of the Municipalities of Nicaragua

Other uses

• BAKA, the acronym for Bahagian Agama dan Kaunseling (Religious And Counselling Division), the Muslim chaplain service of the Royal Malaysian Police
• Baka Brahma, a Brahma (Buddhism)
• Baka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola), a variant spelling of barka indigobird, an African species of bird

See also

• Baka people (disambiguation)