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Barca is an absolutely panitalian surname, in some cases may derive from the many toponyms containing the boat root, such as Barca (TO), (PU), Barca del Grazi (GR), Pian di Barca (SP) or Piano della Barca ( CH), in other cases it may derive from a nickname originating from the ancestor's trade, somehow connected to the boat, in others it may derive from the Italianization of names such as the Provençal Barachel or the Phoenician and Turkish Barak. this last thesis that the famous Annibale Barca, that of the Punic wars, was in fact called Hanibaal Barak which translated are Gift of Baal (the Phoenician god) and lightning. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas BOAT: boat, raft, boat, floating platform etc. From the late Latin boat, from the Greek βάρις (baris), which also means building, palace, etc. Word of ancient Egyptian origin. It is clear that there is no relationship between boat, boat and the surname Barca carried by the great Carthaginian general Amilcare called Barca, from the Phoenician Barak = lightning, lightning, for the speed of the war actions. It is not to be excluded the hypothesis that the last name Barca, widespread throughout Italy, at least in some stock, may derive from Barak. The surname is present in the ancient documents of Sardinia. Among the signatories of the Peace of Eleonora, LPDE of 1388 include: Barca (de) Parasono, jurato villas Sammungleo. * Sammungleo.odierno Samugheo. Mandrolisay or Barbagia of Belvì; Nicolao boat, Setini villas * Setini.odern Sedini. Contrate de Anglona - Clearly; Barisono boat, Nuruci villas. * Nuruci ... today Nureci (Laconi.Contrate Partis Alença); Barcha Joanne, Pardu villas. * Pardu.distrutto: Pardu - Partis de Montibus; Boat Petro, villas Sellùri (Sanluri; Seddòri). In the Condaghe of Santa Maria di Bonarcado, CSMB, 11th, 13th century, there are 11 boats: Barca Andria and Barca Goantine, brothers; Barca Comida armentario in Tune (the heraldary was the general administrator; Tune or Tunis is a vanished village of Nuragic origins; in the medieval period it was Villa of the Giudicato of Arborea; its remains are near the town of Narbolìa, in the province of Oristano). Barca Goantine, brother of Comita; Barca Gunnari of Bauladu; Barca Mariane, maiore de portu (the maiore de portu had the task of supervising the quality of the products on the market, of punishing fraud, of fixing the right price, of inspecting weights and measures and of resolving disputes concerning the market through the specific court called precisely Corona de Portu; Barca Arsoco; Barca Arsoco su de Baratiri (that of Baratili); Barca Arsoco de Scudu; Barca Remundinu, priest, converse of Santa Maria di Bonarcado; Barca Furadu. Barake (disappeared towards the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th century, it was an inhabited center founded by the Phoenicians, from which the meaning of "lightning", "light", towards the 7th century BC, in the medieval period it was Villa ( village) belonging to the Curadorìa of Nurra, of the Giudicato kingdom of Torres. We also recall that Barca or Barce (Вάρκη, in Greek, whose etymology derives from the Semitic) is currently the town of Cyrenaica, in the homonymous province. in 320 Municipalities of Italy, with mostly uniform distribution. In Sardinia it is present in 21 Municipalities: Baunei 84, Sarule 26, Ottana 24, Osilo 14, etc.
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