Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
Ba-nan
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Banana.

Informal

name

A district of Chongqing, China.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

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Questions

What does banan mean?
Banana.
Where does banan come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴南 (Bānán).

How to pronounce banan

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