Baraka

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proper noun

A surname from Arabic.

OriginArabic بَرَكَة →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Arabic.

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

    2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025

Origin

  1. Arabicبَرَكَة
  2. Arabicبَرَكَة
  3. EnglishBaraka

Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Baraka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baraka

MLA

“Baraka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baraka. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baraka,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baraka.

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