Barqa

//ˈbɑɹkə// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Marj: a city in Libya. historical
  2. 2
    Former name of Cyrenaica: a region of Libya. historical

Etymology

From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.

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