Bana may refer to:

Languages

Bana language Bana is an Afroasiatic languages, 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, Far No ...

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 Hunan is an inland Province ...

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 "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Morna", was a List of Cape Verdeans, Cape Verdean singer and performer of the Morna (music), morna sty ...

, 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 asur ...

, an asura in Hindu mythology *

Bāṇabhaṭṭa Bāṇabhaṭṭa () was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet from India. He was the ''Asthana Kavi'' in the court of the Emperor Harsha, during his reign at Kanyakubja. Bāna's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the ''Ha ...

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

Eric Bana Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (), is an Australian actor. He began his career in the sketch-comedy series '' Full Frontal'' before gaining notice in the comedy drama '' The Castle'' (199 ...

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

Juthwara Juthwara or Jutwara was a virgin and martyr from Dorset. According to her legend, she was an eighth-century Saxon, and sister to Sidwell, though some historians have theorised she was a Briton living in the sixth century.Farmer, David Hugh. (1978 ...

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 I ...

(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. Educatio ...

(born 1956), Indian-American psychologist

Places

Bana, Guinea Bana is a village in the Nzérékoré Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of south-eastern Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau ...

Bana, Rajasthan Bana is a village located in Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated 10 km south of Sri Dungargarh city. It was founded by Bana (clan) Jats. Bana village is inhabited by "Bana"(clan) Jats. Population of this village majorly ...

, in India *

Bana, Hungary Bana is a village located in Komárom-Esztergom County, which is located in northwestern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the ...

, a village *

Bana, Cameroon Bana is a sub-prefecture and commune in the West Province (Cameroon), 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 whic ...

, a village *

Bana, Niger Bana, Niger is a village and rural commune in Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger bor ...

, a commune and village *

Bana Cathedral Bana ( ka, ბანა; ; ) is a ruined early medieval cathedral in present-day Erzurum Province, eastern Turkey, in what had formerly been a historical marchland known to Armenians as Tayk and to Georgians as Tao. It is a large tetraconch design ...

, a ruined medieval Christian cathedral in northeastern Turkey *

Bana kingdom The Bana or Vana 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 dynasti ...

, 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, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern h ...

, 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 Reidar Schæfer Olsen (born 29 April 1985), known professionally as Danheim, is a Denmark, Danish Ambient music, ambient and Nordic folk music, Nordic folk musician. Works and style Olsen was born in Brøndby Municipality, Brøndby in 1985 an ...

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