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According to Serbian historians, Bačka is a typical Slavic<ref>Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990, page 40.</ref> name form, created from "Bač" (name of historical town in Bačka) and sufix "ka" (which designating "the land that belong to Bač"). There are many other similar name forms used in Serbian and other Slavic languages, for example [[Šajkaška]], [[Republika Srpska|Srpska]], [[Croatia|Hrvatska]] (Croatia), [[Timočka Krajina]], [[Bulgaria|Bugarska]] (Bulgaria), [[Poland|Polska]] (Poland), etc. 

The name of "[[Bač]]" (Bács) town itself is of uncertain origin and its existence was recorded among [[Vlachs]], [[Slavs]] and [[Hungarians]] in the Middle Ages. The origin of the name could be [[Paleo-Balkan languages|Paleo-Balkanic]],<ref>Milica Grković, Rečnik imena Banjskog, Dečanskog i Prizrenskog vlastelinstva u XIV veku, Beograd, 1986</ref> [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]],<ref>Dr. Aleksa Ivić, Istorija Srba u Vojvodini, Novi Sad, 1929</ref> or [[Turkic languages|Old Turkic]].<ref>[http://www.pallaslexikon.hu/pallas/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm A Pallas Nagy Lexikona<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

According to Hungarian historians, the denominator of the landscape may have been the first bailiff of Bač (Bács) castle, and the name one which can be rendered probable it Old Turkic ''baya'' derives from a dignity name.<ref>Lajos Kiss, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=0vlUTdC7MIm7hAfGspD7DA&ct=result&sqi=2&id=vN-wAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22B%C3%A1cs%22+Baya%22&q=%22baya%22#search_anchor Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (Etimology Dictionary of Geographical Names)], Akadémiai Kiadó, 1978, p. 71</ref><ref>Bálint Ila, József Kovacsics, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=P_1UTZ3JKIeqhAf40rCHDQ&ct=result&id=vu7SAAAAMAAJ&dq=B%C3%A1cs+baya&q=baya#search_anchor Veszprém megye helytörténeti lexikona  (Cyclopaedia of Local History of Veszprém county), Volume 2], Volume 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1988, p. 169</ref>

The name of the region in Serbian is ''Bačka'' or Бачка and in Hungarian is ''Bácska''.  In other languages of the region, the name is similar: ''Bačka'' in [[Croatian language|Croatian]] and [[Bunjevac language|Bunjevac]], ''Báčka'' in [[Slovak language|Slovak]], Бачка ''(Bačka)'' in [[Pannonian Rusyn language|Rusyn]], and ''Batschka'' in [[German language|German]].