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banda

banda noun: a style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.

Noun

banda (countable and uncountable, plural bandas)

  1. (uncountable) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
    • With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
  2. (countable) An ensemble playing such music.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Banda

Banda (plural Bandas)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Banda

Banda

  1. A city and district of Chitrakoot division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

banda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

banda in Hindi

बांदा, बंदा

banda in Tamil

பண்டா, பந்தா

banda in Marathi

बँडा, बांदा

banda in Urdu

بانڈا, بینڈا, بنڈا
More languagesFewer languages
banda in Bengali
ব্যান্ডা
banda in Telugu
బాండా, బాందా
banda in Malayalam
ബാൻഡ, ബാൻഡാ, ബൻഡ
banda in Kannada
ಬಾಂಡಾ, ಬಂಡಾ, ಬಂದಾ
banda in Punjabi
ਬੰਡਾ
banda in Gujarati
બાંદા, બંદા
banda in Odia
ବଣ୍ଡା, ବାନ୍ଦା, ବନ୍ଦା
banda in Nepali
ब्यान्डा, बान्दा, बन्दा

Forms of banda

Noun
pluralbandas
Proper noun
pluralBandas

Plural of banda: bandas

Origin of banda

Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

Borrowed from Hindi बांदा (bāndā).

Phrases with banda

Questions about banda

What does banda mean?
Banda means a style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
What is banda in Hindi?
Banda in Hindi is बांदा, बंदा. See Banda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is banda?
Banda can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of banda?
The plural of banda is bandas.

Words near banda in the dictionary

  1. band-tailed antshrikes
  2. band-tailed manakin
  3. band-tailed manakins
  4. band-tailed pigeon
  5. band-winged grasshopper
  6. banda
  7. Banda Aceh
  8. Banda Banda
  9. Banda Islands
  10. Banda Sea
  11. bandable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: banda (page history and authors); Banda (page history and authors); banda (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banda (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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