Ban, or BAN, may refer to:

Law

* Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item ** Imperial ban (''Reichsacht''), a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman Empire * Ban (medieval), the sovereign's power to command **

King's ban {{Short description, Exercise of royal jurisdiction ''Königsbann'', literally king's ban ( lat, bannus, more rarely ''bannum'', from the OHG: ''ban''), was the exercise of royal jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire. A specific ban (German: ''Ban ...

(''Königsbann''), a royal command or prohibition in the medieval Holy Roman Empire *

Herem (disambiguation) Herem may refer to: *Herem (censure), expulsion from the Jewish community *Herem (war or property), a belief that any property imperiling Jewish religious life should be destroyed *Herem (priestly gift), an object that is devoted to God See also ...

, a Hebrew word usually translated as "the ban" * A

ban Ban, or BAN, may refer to: Law * Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item ** Imperial ban (''Reichsacht''), a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman ...

could be served on people in apartheid-era South Africa

People

* Ban (surname), a Chinese surname * Ban (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names **

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was his country's Minister ...

, United Nations Secretary-General * King Ban, a king from the Matter of Britain *

Ban (title) Ban () was a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. The most common examples have been found in Croatia. Sources The first known mention of the title ''ban'' is in the 1 ...

, a noble title used in Central and Southeastern Europe (Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Hungary) **

Banate of Bosnia The Banate of Bosnia ( sh, Banovina Bosna / Бановина Босна), or Bosnian Banate (''Bosanska banovina'' / Босанска бановина), was a medieval state based in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although Hungarian kings ...

** Ban of Croatia * Matija Ban, a Croatian poet *

Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor and the balance bea ...

, a Romanian artistic gymnast * Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect * Y Ban (real name Phạm Thị Xuân Ban), a Vietnamese writer

Places

* Ban, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso * Bans, Jura, a commune in eastern France * Ban, Murree, a village and UC of Rawalpindi District, Pakistan * Ban, an alternate name of Ben, a city in Iran * Ban, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Ban, a village in Bănișor Commune, Sălaj County, Romania * Ban (river), a river in Sălaj County, Romania * Ban, habitation in Thai

muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

* Ban, a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia * Ban, Kubu, Karangasem, a village in Bali * Bans, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Internet

* Ban (Internet), the banning of individual users from websites * Body Area Network, a wireless network of wearable computing devices * IP address blocking, a block set up by a server or website that blocks requests originating from particular IP addresses or ranges of addresses * Stealth banning or shadow banning, a practice used in managing online communities

Codes

Balinese language Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by 3.3 million people () on the Indonesian island of Bali as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java, Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi. Most Balinese speakers also know Indo ...

(ISO 639-2 and -3 code "ban"), spoken in Indonesia *BAN, the National Rail code for Banbury railway station in the county of Oxfordshire, UK *BAN, the Chapman code for

Banffshire Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Moray ...

, historic county in Scotland *BAN, the IOC code for Bangladesh at the Olympics *BAN, the IATA code for Basongo Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other

* An alternate spelling for "bann" as in banns of marriage * Paiban, a clapper used in Chinese music, alternately called BAN) * Ban (unit), a logarithmic unit of information or weight of evidence * Ban (deodorant), a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant * Ban (plural: ''bani''), a coin, the 1/100 part of a

Romanian leu The Romanian leu (, plural lei ; ISO code: RON; numeric code: 946) is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 (, singular: ), a word that means "money" in Romanian. Etymology The name of the currency means "lion", and is derive ...

or Moldovan leu * "Ban" (song), a 2021 single by Sakurazaka46 * Basel Action Network *

British Approved Name A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official, non-proprietary, or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP). The BAN is also the official name used in some countries around the world, because ...

, for a pharmaceutical substance * Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic, BAN logic, used to analyse authentication protocols *

Muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

, or Ban for short, the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand * "B.A.N." (Atlanta), an episode of American TV series ''Atlanta'' * "B.A.N.", a song by Saweetie

Fictional characters

* Akaza BanBan, nicknamed Ban, a character in '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' * Ban Mido, a main character of the ''GetBackers'' series * Ban: Fox's Sin of Greed, a sin from ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2014 TV series)