Barca

[ bahr-kuh ]

/ ˈbɑr kə /

an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.

Cyrenaica.

OTHER WORDS FROM Barca

Bar·can, adjective

Hartzenbusch has brought to light fourteen comedies of Calderon de la Barca, which previous editors were unable to discover.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 |Various
Barca est qu cuncta navis commercia ad littus portat (Isidorus, Origines).

The Adventures of Captain Mago |Lon Cahun
To weaken Barca they therefore resolved to make the aged Hanno, him whom they loved, a sharer in the deliverance of Carthage.

Salammbo |Gustave Flaubert
These new arrivals were officers and soldiers from the districts of Gyanema, Kardam, and Barca.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet |A. Henry Savage Landor

The Persians reached the extensive and well-watered mountain plain which formed the territory of Barca.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker

Barca

/ (ˈbɑːkə) /

the surname of several noted Carthaginian generals, including Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal

Barcan, adjective