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banda

[bahn-duh]
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noun
  1. a style of Mexican dance music featuring brass instruments and having a heavy beat.
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Origin of banda

1990–95; < Mexican Spanish: literally, band1 (in the sense of ‘group of musicians’

Banda

[ban-duh]
noun
  1. Hastings Ka·mu·zu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/, 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
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  • Next morning we started back to Banda, taking the corpse with us for burial.

    Real Ghost Stories

    William T. Stead

  • A fair breeze enabled us to enter the land-locked harbour of Banda.

    In the Eastern Seas

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • The animal productions of Banda, though very few, are interesting.

    The Malay Archipelago

    Alfred Russell Wallace

  • The atmospheric effervescence of the Banda Oriental will enter into the case.

    Uruguay

    W. H. Koebel

  • In 1680 a more serious danger threatened the Banda Oriental.

    Uruguay

    W. H. Koebel

British Dictionary definitions for banda

Banda

noun
  1. Hastings Kamuzu (kæˈmuːzuː). 1906–97, Malawi statesman. As first prime minister of Nyasaland (from 1963), he led his country to independence (1964) as Malawi: president (1966–94)
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