English Explanatory Dictionary

Bann

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
  2. A river in southeastern Ireland.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Bann Banns

Etymology

From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”).

Derived words

Banbridge
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