Definition of ban

< ban

Banaba >

ban²    (bän) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. ba·ni  (bän) KEY 

A unit of currency in Romania. See Table at currency.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Romanian, from Serbo-Croatian bn, lord, from Turkic bayan, very rich person : bay, rich; akin to Turkish bay, rich, gentleman + -an, intensive suff