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Gender Masculine
Usage Various
Pronounced Pron. /bə.ˈɹɑːk/(English)

Meaning & History

In the case of the former American president Barack Obama (1961-), he was named after his Kenyan father. His father had Anglicized it from the original spelling Baraka.