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Barataria

Barataria can refer to:

Barataria (Don Quixote) , a fictional ínsula ("isle") awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. The name comes from barato, "cheap."
The town of Barataria, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, south-east of New Orleans
The Barataria Bay in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, used as the base of the pirates led by Jean Lafitte in the early 19th century
Bayou Barataria , stretching from Barataria Bay up into La Fourche Parish, Louisiana
The Barataria Preserve, a National Park Service Nature Preserve, outside of Marrero, Louisiana
Barataria (Gondoliers) is a republican kingdom in William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's play "The Gondoliers"
Barataria is a town in Trinidad and Tobago.

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