Bana may refer to:

Languages

Bana language Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili. Bana is spoken in the canton of Guili, in the northern part of the commune of Bourrha (department of Mayo-Tsanaga Mayo-Tsanaga is a departmen ...

of northern Cameroon *

Pa Na language Pa Na (; autonym: ') is a Hmongic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Shangpai (上排), Zhongpai (中排), and Xiapai (下排) of Chengbu County, and Huangshuangping (黄双坪), Suining County in Hunan, China. It is also called "Red Mia ...

of China * Phanaʼ language of Laos

People

* The Bana people of West Africa *

Bana (singer) Adriano Gonçalves (5 March 1932 – 13 July 2013), known by his stage name Bana and called the " King of Morna", was a Cape Verdean singer and performer of the morna style, the plaintive, melodic lament which is a staple musical style of the ...

, balladeer from Cape Verde *

Banasura Bana, also referred to as Banasura (), is an asura king in Hindu mythology, ruling from the city of Śoṇitapura. He is described to be the son of Mahabali. His tale of battling Krishna is described in the Bhagavata Purana. Legend A mighty ...

, an asura in Hindu mythology *

Bāṇabhaṭṭa Bāṇabhaṭṭa ( sa, बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the ''Asthana Kavi'' in the court of the emperor Harsha, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in north India, first from Sthanvishvara (Than ...

, 7th-century Indian writer * Bana, Burkina Faso, one of the 10 communes of the Balé Province of Burkina Faso *

Eric Bana Eric Banadinović, (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (), is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' before gaining notice in the comedy drama '' The Castle'' (19 ...

(born 1968), Australian actor and comedian * Bana, slayer of St.

Juthwara Saint Juthwara or Jutwara was a virgin and martyr from Dorset. According to her legend, she was an eighth century Saxon, and sister to Saint Sidwell, though some historians have theorised she was a Briton living in the sixth century. Her relics we ...

Framji Cowasji Banaji Framji Cowasji Banaji, Esq. (3 April 1767 – 12 February 1851) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Parsi family. His father, Cowasji Byramji (1744-1834), was a merchant, trading in cotton and had trading links with China, England and various In ...

(1767–1851), Indian developer of Bombay *

Mahzarin Banaji Mahzarin Rustum Banaji FBA (born 1956) is an American psychologist of Indian origin at Harvard University, known for her work popularizing the concept of implicit bias in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other factors. Educati ...

(born 1956), Indian-American psychologist

Places

Bana, Guinea Bana is a village in the Nzérékoré Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region The Nzérékoré Region ( nqo, ߒߛߙߍߜߍ߬ߘߍ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲) is a region in the southern part of Guinea. Its capital and largest city is Nzérékoré. ...

Bana, Rajasthan Bana is a village situated in Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the mos ...

, in India *

Bana, Hungary Bana is a village located in Komárom-Esztergom County, which is located in northwestern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered ...

, a village *

Bana, Cameroon Bana is a sub-prefecture and commune in the West Province of Cameroon, some 8 km east of Bafang and 2 km south-west of Babouantou. Geography Bana is accessed by road P15 which comes from Bamena in the east which passes through the hea ...

, a village *

Bana, Niger Bana, Niger is a village and rural commune in Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages

, a commune and village *

Bana Cathedral Bana ( ka, ბანა; hy, Բանակ ''Banak''), also known by the modern Turkish designation Penek Kilisesi, is a ruined early medieval cathedral in present-day Erzurum Province, eastern Turkey, in what had formerly been a historical marchla ...

, a ruined medieval Christian cathedral in northeastern Turkey *

Bana Kingdom The Bana was a dynasty based in South India, who claimed descent from king Mahabali. The dynasty takes its name from Bana, the son of Mahabali. The Banas faced opposition from several neighbouring dynasties and served some major dynasties such as ...

, an ancient dynasty of South India *

Bana Rural LLG Bana Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New ...

, an administrative division of Papua New Guinea

Other

Basic analog loop A dry loop is an unconditioned leased pair of telephone line from a telephone company. The pair does not provide dial tone or battery (continuous electric potential), as opposed to a wet pair, a line usually without dial tone but with battery. ...

, a type of leased telecommunications line * ''Bana'' (fly), a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae * ''Bana'', a 2019 album by

Danheim Danheim (real name Mike Schæfer Olsen; born in 1985, Brøndby, Denmark) is a Danish ambient and Nordic folk musician. Works and style Olsen was born in Copenhagen in 1985 and produced mostly in the electronic genre until 2016, when a stron ...

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