banh mi

or bánh mì

[ bahnmee ]

/ ˈbɑn mi /

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noun

a Vietnamese sandwich on a crisp baguette spread with mayonnaise, typically containing pork or chicken and pâté, with pickled vegetables, cucumber, and cilantro.

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Origin of banh mi

First recorded in 1985–90; from Vietnamese bánh mì “bread, baguette,” equivalent to bánh “any food made from flour; bread; cake” + mì “wheat, noodles”

Words nearby banh mi

bangtail, bangtail muster, Bangui, bang-up, Bangweulu, banh mi, bani, bania, banian, banish, banister

How to use banh mi in a sentence

“No, I, um don’t carry it with me,” he told Francis Do, who wouldn’t let my husband order a banh mi until Do saw his covid-19 vaccination card.
No vaccination card? No sitting inside this restaurant.|Petula Dvorak|July 22, 2021|Washington Post
The Ham Jam’s thick fold of Parisian ham from Schaller & Weber is counterbalanced with honeyed butter and a fat application of housemade blueberry and Beaujolais jam, the elements crammed into a banh mi roll from Lyon Bakery.
The 25 best sandwiches in the D.C. area|Tim Carman|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
For something slightly heartier, grab a banh mi and a yuzu limeade at 98 Center, or tuck into one of DoughBird’s drool-worthy crispy chicken sandwiches.
The Ultimate Arches National Park Travel Guide|Shawnté Salabert|April 22, 2021|Outside Online
Casa Bruja's Fula Farmacia Blond Ale sells for $1.95 at Bodega Mi Amiga.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

"Right now beer is a trend," Bernardo Rivas, the owner of Bodega Mi Amiga tells me in the imported beer aisle.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bodega Mi Amiga is the largest liquor store in the country—and the oldest, dating back to 1959.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the stores Pragnell is referring to is Bodega Mi Amiga, a veritable institution on Via Porras in downtown Panama City.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bodega Mi Amiga sells every kind of liquor you can imagine, or that is legally allowed to be imported into Panama.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I walked about till I heard the words of the song:—Segnai mi gera un gato, E ti me carezzevi.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
"Not Mi——" but Grace stopped before she had finished the name.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School|Jessie Graham Flower
Wk-mi-ser, Corn; a warrior of distinction, of the Ne-caw-ee-gee band.
Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. I (of 2)|George Catlin
"Quelle parole pi paura d' inganno che speranza di futuro frutto mi porsero," he tells us in the Filocolo, ed.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
Ye raily must talke ter mi loryer; them matters I leaves 'tirely ter him.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various