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bania

[ ban-yuh ]

/ ˈbæn yə /

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noun

variant of banyan (def. 2).

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Also ban·iya

[ban-yuh, -ee-uh]. /ˈbæn yə, -i ə/.

Origin of bania

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby bania

Bangui, bang-up, Bangweulu, banh mi, bani, bania, banian, banish, banister, banister back, banisters

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Example sentences from the Web for bania

A subcaste of Bania, whose name is derived from the same place.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)|R.V. Russell
Another more ambitious legend derives their origin from the Bania caste.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
And the Bania did so, but when he had almost got home he could not help looking behind him to see if there were really any sheep.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
They say that once a Bania was walking along the road with a cocoanut in his hand when Vishnu met him and asked him what it was.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell

The Bania asked what he should do with it, and Vishnu told him to make a blanket out of it for the god to sit on.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell

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