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Baraka
Baraka Baraka carries an almost tangible sense of sacred abundance — the blessing that overflows, that cannot be contained. Characters with this name are often written as people whose lives have an unusual generative quality: things prosper around them, others feel renewed in their company, as though the baraka that gives them their name extends outward to all they touch.
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