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banaan

Pronunciation: /baːˈnaːn/

“banaan” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. banana
  2. plantain
  3. black person, person of African heritage

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana, probably from a West African language.

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