Branka
Branka (Cyrillic script: Бранка) is Serbian and Croatian adaptation of the Portuguese name Branca (the name is common in Brazil). In Portuguese branca means white, like blanka in Spanish and bianca in Italian. Branca (spelled with C) is a common last name in Italy. The original name of the famous Moroccan city Casablanca, was Casabranca.
The name Branka has become popular in the territory of former Yugoslavia some hundred years ago. The Slavic names with the same root 'Bran': Branislava, Branimir have a different meaning - defender, protector. The name Branka may refer to:
- Branka Valčić, Author
- Branka Katić (born 1970), Serbian actress
- Branka Nevistić (born 1968), Serbian television presenter and journalist
- Branka Prpa (born 1953), historian, author, and current director of Belgrade’s Historical Archives
- Branka Peter, Austrian composer
- Branka Sovrlić, Serbian singer
- Branka, a splinter group of the Basque armed separatist group ETA led by Txillardegi from the 1960s to the 1970s
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