Baga
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Baga may refer to:
- BhagaBhagaSanskrit is a term for "lord, patron", but also for "wealth, prosperity". The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is , of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which "lord, patron" might also apply. A Slavic cognate is "god"...
, the Old Persian and Sanskrit for "god" - Baga (king), a king of ancient MauretaniaMauretaniaMauretania is a part of the historical Ancient Libyan land in North Africa. It corresponds to present day Morocco and a part of western Algeria...
; - Baga peopleBaga peopleThe Baga people live in the coastal area of Guinea. They can be subdivided into five groups of which Landouma is the largest, accounting for fifty percent of all ethnic Bagas. Apart from the various Baga languages, most of the Baga also speak the Mande language Susu, the regional trade language...
of Guinea; - Baga (Goa), a Part of village CalanguteCalanguteCalangute is a census town with a permanent population of approximately 16,000 in North Goa, in the state of Goa, India. It is famous for its beach, the largest in north Goa, visited by thousands of domestic and international tourists alike. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New...
in Goa, India; - Baga beach in GoaGoaGoa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India, an extension of CalanguteCalanguteCalangute is a census town with a permanent population of approximately 16,000 in North Goa, in the state of Goa, India. It is famous for its beach, the largest in north Goa, visited by thousands of domestic and international tourists alike. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New...
; - Baga (novel) by Robert PingetRobert PingetRobert Pinget was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers...
; - Baga (grape)Baga (grape)Baga is a red Portuguese wine grape variety planted primarily in the Bairrada DOC. As a varietal, Baga produces tannic wines with high acidity.-Synonyms:...
, a grapeGrapeA grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...
variety used for wines of Portugal, e.g., in the Bairrada wine region; - Bagà, Catalonia, a town in Catalonia;
- Baga, TibetBaga, TibetBaga is a village in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and is located some east of Tungdor, south of Qomo and south of Dagzê. There are said to be springs in the area, fed by the Kyichu River which flows nearby.The village produce a cheese known as thu.It is under the...
, town in Tibet - Baga, TogoBaga, TogoBaga, Togo is a village in the Bassar Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-western Togo..-External links:**...
, a village in TogoTogoTogo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately... - Baga, BholaBaga, BholaBaga is a village in Bhola District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh.-External links:*...
, Bangladesh - Baga, PatuakhaliBaga, PatuakhaliBaga, Patuakhali is a village in Patuakhali District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh.-External links:*...
, Bangladesh - Baga, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- BAGA, Atanta, Bengali Association of Greater Atlanta
- In MongoliaMongoliaMongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
n place names, "baga" means "small" - BAGA, standing for the British Amateur Gymnastics Association
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- Baga de SecretisBaga de SecretisIn English mediaeval government the Baga de Secretis or Bagga de Secretis was a store of secret documents. It originated as a leather sack, which the collection later outgrew. Its name is a Mediaeval Latin attempt at "bag of secrets" ....
, a former English store of secret documents - baggaBaggaBagga are Punjabi people found in Punjab and Punjab . Baggas are normally found among Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus.Baggas belong to the Khatri, Brahmins, Ravidasias and Jats tribes, warrior and farmer professions respectively from North Indian subcontinent of Punjab....