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Banat

American  
[ban-it, bah-nit] / ˈbæn ɪt, ˈbɑ nɪt /

noun

  1. a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.


Banat British  
/ ˈbænɪt, ˈbɑːnɪt /

noun

  1. a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia

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Etymology

Origin of Banat

< Serbo-Croatian Bànāt < Medieval Latin Banātus ( Temesiēnsis ); see ban 3, -ate 3

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Herta Müller was born in 1953 in the Banat region of western Romania to a German-speaking Swabian family.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Amnesty International has called the trial "flawed" and said those who gave the orders to arrest Banat must also be held accountable.

From Reuters Dec. 15, 2022

Gen. Majed Faraj, the Palestinian intelligence chief, told European and other diplomats in July that there was no order to kill Mr. Banat, describing his death as a highly unfortunate “mistake” and emphasizing that U.S.,

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2021

Meanwhile, back at her home in Dura, near Hebron, the widow of Nizar Banat, Jihan, is alone with her five children watching her late husband's Facebook videos.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2021

The dispute between Bucharest and Petrograd hinged on a zone of the Banat and a strip of Bukovina.

From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes

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