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Pronunciation / Transliteration: banana
"원숭이가 바나나를 맛있게 먹습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An elongated, edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.
"She peeled a ripe banana and added it to her morning cereal." - 2
The tropical plant that bears the banana fruit, characterized by large leaves.
"The farmer planted several rows of banana trees along the edge of the grove."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word originates from Wolof through Portuguese or Spanish into English in the late 16th century, ultimately derived from a West African language root. The query string heavily encodes a URL-percent-encoded mispronunciation or specific linguistic phonetic exercise involving terms like 'ekjuṭ' (exact) and 'mortā' (mortal/mortar) combined with banana.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Banana" is said worldwide
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banane
Transliteration: banan
"Il mange une banane tous les jours."
Banane
Transliteration: baˈnaːnə
"Die Banane ist eine sehr beliebte Frucht."
banana
Transliteration: baˈnana
"Ho mangiato una banana per merenda."
plátano
Transliteration: ˈplatano
"El mono come un plátano en el árbol."
banana
Transliteration: baˈnɐnɐ
"Comprei um cacho de banana na feira."
केला
Transliteration: kelā
"मुझे केला खाना बहुत पसंद है।"
香蕉
Transliteration: xiāngjiāo
"我每天早上吃一根香蕉。"
바나나
Transliteration: banana
"원숭이가 바나나를 맛있게 먹습니다."
バナナ
Transliteration: banana
"朝食にバナナを食べました。"
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