baraka

¹ American  

[buh-rah-kuh] / bəˈrɑ kə /

noun

Islam.

1. a spiritual power believed to be possessed by certain persons, objects, tombs, etc.

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Baraka ² American  

[buh-rah-kuh] / bəˈrɑ kə /

noun

1. Imamu Amiri Everett LeRoi Jones, 1934–2014, U.S. dramatist, poet, and political activist.

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Etymology

Origin of baraka

< Arabic barakah; compare Hebrew bərākhāh blessing

Example Sentences

Experts at the zoo followed a species survival and breeding plan from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for Baraka and Calaya.

From Washington Post

Baraka has a “relaxed and playful personality” and has been “very tolerant” of Moke’s playfulness.

From Washington Post

The two works embody a fundamental tension: Baraka’s favors confrontation while Gordone’s displays a humanistic impulse to see dignity even in seeming degradation.

From New York Times

Pill fondly remembered Chalk engaging her to read Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play “Dutchman” with him during downtime on the “Newsroom” set.

From New York Times

In April 1967, an aspiring poet and scholar named William J. Harris, then a 25-year-old undergraduate at the historically Black Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, attended a lecture by LeRoi Jones, who later that year would take the name Amiri Baraka.

From New York Times