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Banaban

Meaning of "Banaban" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BANABAN

bəˈnɑːbən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BANABAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Banaban can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BANABAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Banaba Island

Banaba Island, an island in the Pacific Ocean, is a solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island chain and 185 miles east of Nauru. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. It has an area of 6.0 km², and the highest point on the island is also the highest point in Kiribati, at 81 metres high. Along with Nauru and Makatea, it is one of the important elevated phosphate rich islands of the Pacific.

Definition of Banaban in the English dictionary

The definition of Banaban in the dictionary is of or relating to the SW Pacific island of Banaba. Other definition of Banaban is a native or inhabitant of Banaba.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BANABAN

auburn · bourbon · carbon · chlorofluorocarbon · corban · Cuban · Durban · fluorocarbon · graben · halocarbon · hydrocarbon · interurban · multicarbon · perfluorocarbon · radiocarbon · Schwaben · suburban · Theban · turban · urban

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BANABAN

Bamelot · bammer · bampot · ban · Ban Ki-moon · Banaba · banak · banal · banalisation · banalise · banality · banalization · banalize · banally · banana · banana belt · Banana bender

WORDS THAT END LIKE BANABAN

Alban · ban · Caliban · goban · Gulf of Martaban · import ban · kanban · Kuban · Laban · Martaban · Montauban · Oban · Seremban · Shaaban · Shaban · Taliban · unban · Vauban · Yoruban · Zyban

Synonyms and antonyms of Banaban in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Banaban» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BANABAN

Find out the translation of Banaban to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Banaban from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Banaban» in English.
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巴纳巴
1,325 millions of speakers
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Banabeña
570 millions of speakers
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English

Banaban
510 millions of speakers
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Banaban
380 millions of speakers
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بانابيين
280 millions of speakers
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банабанцев
278 millions of speakers
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Banaban
270 millions of speakers
bn

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Banaban
260 millions of speakers
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banabane
220 millions of speakers
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Banaban
190 millions of speakers
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banaban
180 millions of speakers
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Banaban
130 millions of speakers
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Banaban
85 millions of speakers
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Banaban
85 millions of speakers
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Banaban
80 millions of speakers
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Banaban
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

बनाना
75 millions of speakers
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Banaban
70 millions of speakers
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Banaban
65 millions of speakers
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Banaban
50 millions of speakers
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Банабанцев
40 millions of speakers
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Banaba
30 millions of speakers
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Banaban
15 millions of speakers
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Banaban
14 millions of speakers
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Banaban
10 millions of speakers
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Banaban
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Banaban

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BANABAN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Banaban

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANABAN»

Discover the use of Banaban in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Banaban and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Te Rii Ni Banaba
One of the greatest influences on our culture was the loss of our Banaban language through the introduction of Christianity. The first Bible was written in the Kiribati language, which our people were encouraged to speak so they could more ...
Raobeia Ken Sigrah, Stacey M. King, 2001
2
Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation
This environment was very different from the highly politicized UH campus, where the indigenously run Center for Hawaiian Studies is a formidable presence.4 In the Banaban context I was what Dorinne Kondo (1990) called a conceptual ...
Lynne Hume, Jane Mulcock, 2013
3
Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century
However, the expectation that independence would follow in mid- 1 978 was upset by the revival of 'the Banaban issue' by the prime minister of Fiji. The Banaban people, resettled on Rabi Island in Fiji after World War Two, had outstanding ...
K. R. Howe, Robert C. Kiste, Brij V. Lal, 1994
4
An Island in the Autumn
It was difficult to avoid becoming totally immersed in the Banaban story. Records in the British National Archives at Kew related to Banaban affairs far outnumber those devoted to all other aspects of the administration of the colony put together.
John Smith
5
Teuana Ao Teiterana N Aba N Te Betebeke
[36] Banaban Routes and Roots - A Dialogue Wolfgang Kempf and Taomati Teai Wolfgang: A year ago, back in 2004, the 15th of December was celebrated under the heading 'Tera nanon tebwimanimaua n RitembaV - or 'What is the meaning ...
Jennifer Shennan, Makin Corrie Tekenimatang, 2005
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Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global ...
Segments of Banaban society fought from the outset to prevent this outcome, ultimately without success. The first thing to disappear from Banaba's precolonial landscape was its vast network of low stone walls. These fences helped delineate ...
Gregory T. Cushman, 2013
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The Anthropology of Empathy: Experiencing the Lives of ...
Representations of the Self and Empathy among the Banabans Representations ofthe collective and personal self in the Banaban community are woven into a web of discourses bearing on the colonial and postcolonial history of the ...
Douglas W. Hollan, C. Jason Throop, 2011
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Watriama and Co: Further Pacific Islands Portraits
The only solid house on the island was occupied by Kennedy and his new wife, and it alone had electricity, hot water and a septic tank.32 There Kennedy made it his primary task as 'Banaban adviser' to draw up a constitution for a new society ...
ANU E Press, Hugh Laracy, 2013
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Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
The Banaban issue could be embarrassing. Whitlam admitted Australia had enjoyed cheap phosphate and was 'prepared for the blackmail'. But the legacy of colonialism in the region left many issues more contentious than Banaba.8 After ...
W. David McIntyre, 2014
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Atoll Island States and International Law: Climate Change ...
6.3.3.1 The Banaban Displacement The fate of the Banaban people started to radically change when their island was annexed by British Empire after it was found that 80 % of the island was composed of phosphate.108 “Between 1901 and ...
Lilian Yamamoto, Miguel Esteban, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANABAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Banaban is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship …
She will tell the stories of the Banaban Islanders, who were displaced to Fiji in 1945, and the stories of those currently facing displacement from ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
2
Renowned expert on Pacific affairs Stuart Inder has died
In 1965, Inder wrote about the quest of the Banaban people to be fairly recompensed by the British government for the phosphate mining on ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
3
Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil Gets Export Market
Despite the challenges the Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil factory faces, it has secured a new market for its products. Factory operations manager ... «Fiji Sun Online, Mar 15»
4
Climate change effects
THE Banaban people of Rabi Island in the Northern Division continue to contact their relatives in Kiribati and are happy their island is not ... «Fiji Times, Mar 15»
5
Pacific youth encouraged to fight corruption
Jimmy Gaunavou represents the Banaban Students Association in Fiji, he says for his generation the coups of Fiji have been the biggest ... «Radio New Zealand, Feb 15»
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Island women's business struggles
Banaban Women's Virgin Coconut Oil Factory operations manager Terikano Takesau, left, and Christina Gill Titabu in Labasa. Picture: ... «Fiji Times, Feb 15»
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Strands of our mat
The story of the Banaban people's arrival is similar to the arrival of the indentured labourers or girmitiya from India in that there is not only a ... «Fiji Times, Dec 14»
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The Young And The Restless
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Its an issue that has Labour Minister Jioji Konrote occupied these days. Banaban student leader Jimmy Gaunavou was more ... «Fiji Sun Online, Dec 14»
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FIJIANS CELEBRATE 69 YEARS OF BANABAN ARRIVAL
Fijians of Banaban descent celebrated the 69th anniversary of the arrival of the first Banabans to Rabi in 1945 and spent the day reflecting of ... «The Jet Newspaper, Dec 14»
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Cold comfort
“I'm Banaban,” says Alofa. “Most Banabans were put on a ship and relocated to Fiji after the Second World War. So I know the pain of moving a people.”. «The Monthly, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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