Definition of "Baca"

Baca¹

proper noun
plural Bacas
1. A surname.

Baca²

proper noun
uncountable
1. Valley in ancient Palestine, named for balsam trees, the drought-tolerant vegetation growing the in that parched region.
  Quotations
  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 84:5–6
  O hast thou made my PilgrimageThus pleasant, fair, and good;Bless'd me in Youth and elder Age,My Baca made a springing flood?
  1657, Anne Bradstreet, As spring the winter doth succeed