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μπανανιά — meaning in English

banania

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English meaning

  • banana noun A long curved tropical fruit with soft flesh and a peelable yellow skin.
  • banana republic noun A small country that is politically unstable and badly governed, whose economy depends on a single export or industry and is often controlled by foreign business or a corrupt elite.

Senses

μπανανιά is used for these senses in English:

  • banana The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]
  • banana republic (politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

banana — full definition

  1. noun A long curved tropical fruit with soft flesh and a peelable yellow skin.
  2. noun The tall tropical plant that produces this fruit.

banana republic — full definition

  1. noun A small country that is politically unstable and badly governed, whose economy depends on a single export or industry and is often controlled by foreign business or a corrupt elite.
  2. noun Any country or institution portrayed as corrupt, lawless or run for the benefit of those in charge.

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