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Bann

Bann proper noun: a river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.

Proper noun (1)

Bann

  1. A river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
    • He smiled at me and he says, says he,\"That's the gem of the Ireland's crown./Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann/She's the star of the County Down".c. 1900, “Star of the County Down (traditional folk song)”
  2. A river in southeastern Ireland.

Proper noun (2)

Bann (plural Banns)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Bann

pluralBanns

Origin of Bann

From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”).

Borrowed from German Bann.

Words formed from Bann

Questions about Bann

What does Bann mean?
Bann means a river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
What part of speech is Bann?
Bann is a proper noun.

Words near Bann in the dictionary

  1. Banlung
  2. banmara
  3. Banmaw
  4. Banmendian
  5. banmian
  6. Bann
  7. banna
  8. bannable
  9. Bannaby
  10. bannal
  11. bannals

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