Meanings
Bann1
proper noun
- A river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
He smiled at me and he says, says he,\"That's the gem of the Ireland's crown./Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann/She's the star of the County Down".
c. 1900, “Star of the County Down (traditional folk song)”
Bann2
Origin
Bann · proper noun
- Irishan
- EnglishBann
From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”).
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- GermanBann
- GermanBann
- EnglishBann
Borrowed from German Bann.
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APA
Bann. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bann
MLA
“Bann.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bann. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bann,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bann.
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