banon

[ba-non, -nawn]

noun

1. a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of banon¹

After Banon, a village in SE France (Basses-Alpes)

Example Sentences

Rafael Banon Diaz, an ichthyologist at the Universidade De Santiago De Compostela, also told Salon that the individual fish in question is “already dead” and that although not all surfaced anglerfish are sick, “these anomalous records are normally sick specimens.”

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Federal prosecutors alleged in 2020 that Mr. Banon pocketed more than $1 million in donations from the “We Build the Wall” campaign which raised more than $25 million in total.

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Banon reached out to a friend, 36-year-old Lauren Selman.

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Zora Banon, 34, said she grappled with anxiety before going in front of the crowd and sharing her story of opting for an abortion when she was 27.

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“There’s just such a lack of education out there and so much stigma around abortions,” Banon said.

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