Etymology

banan

Ba·nan
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Today it means: Banana. Full definition →

Mandarin 巴南
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from巴南
  2. English todayBanan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴南 (Bānán).

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