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bonano

bonano 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

Proper noun capitalized: Bonano

Bonano (plural Bonanos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bonano

Noun
pluralbonanos
pluralbonanoes
Proper noun
pluralBonanos

Questions about bonano

What does bonano mean?
Bonano means a surname.
What is bonano the obsolete form of?
Bonano is the obsolete form of banana.
What part of speech is bonano?
Bonano is a proper noun.

Words near bonano in the dictionary

  1. bonangs
  2. Bonanni
  3. Bonannis
  4. Bonanno
  5. Bonannos
  6. bonano
  7. bonanoe
  8. bonanoes
  9. bonanos
  10. bonanza
  11. bonanzas

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