Gara is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, near Baja, in Hungary. The village is first mentioned in a 1290 document. The name is derived from the Garai family name. The most commonly accepted theory claims that the word Gara originates from a Slavic word meaning "hill". The original village was situated on a small hill, at a distance of 4 kilometers from its current l…Gara is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, near Baja, in Hungary. The village is first mentioned in a 1290 document. The name is derived from the Garai family name. The most commonly accepted theory claims that the word Gara originates from a Slavic word meaning "hill". The original village was situated on a small hill, at a distance of 4 kilometers from its current location.