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bonana

bonana is the obsolete form of banana.

Meaning of banana

Noun

banana (countable and uncountable, plural bananas)

  1. An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
    • Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
    1. (Canada, Ireland, UK, US) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
  2. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
  3. (uncountable) A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
  4. (derogatory, ethnic, slur) A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
    Synonyms:
    Twinkie
  5. (Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory, ethnic, slur) A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect

See all 15 meanings of banana

Forms of bonana

pluralbonanas

Questions about bonana

What is bonana the obsolete form of?
Bonana is the obsolete form of banana.

Words near bonana in the dictionary

  1. bonair
  2. Bonaire
  3. Bonalbo
  4. Bonamici
  5. Bonamy
  6. bonana
  7. bonanas
  8. bonang
  9. bonangs
  10. Bonanni
  11. Bonannis

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