Meanings
banke1
nounbanke (plural bankes)
plural bankes
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of bank.
19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby And rearing Lindis backward press'd Shook all her trembling bankes amaine;
Banke2
proper noun
- A district of Lumbini Province, Nepal.
Flooding swept away portions of the Mahendra Highway, which connects the eastern and western portions of the country, in the Banke district on Friday.
2014 August 16, BHADRA SHARMA, GARDINER HARRIS, “Floods and Landslides Kill Dozens and Leave Scores Missing in Nepal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2014, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Nepaliबाँके
- EnglishBanke
Borrowed from Nepali बाँके (bā̃ke).
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Bengali বাঁকে
- বাঁকে (bãke)district
Chinese Mandarin 班克
- 班克 (Bānkè)district
Hindi बांके
- बांके (bāṅke)district
Japanese バンケ
- バンケdistrict
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Cite this entry
APA
banke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banke
MLA
“banke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banke.
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