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Baca

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Valley in ancient Palestine, named for balsam trees, the drought-tolerant vegetation growing the in that parched region. uncountable

    "Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly from ancestral grant of Spanish nobility, Cabeza de vaca (indicated with the skull of a cow on the coat of arms).

Etymology 2

From Hebrew עֵמֶק הַבָּכָצ (valley of balsam).

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