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Banu (name) Banu (), also spelled Bano, is a Persian names, Persian name for girls popular in Iran and other Persian language, Persian-speaking countries. It is also used in Turkey, Pakistan Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, India and Sri Lanka. It means "grand lady", ...

Banu (Arabic) Banū (بنو) or Banī (بني) is Arabic for "the children of" or "descendants of" and appears before the name of a tribal progenitor. Another example of the usage is the Bani Quraish, the tribe from which Muhammad came, for which a Quranic ...

, Arabic word for "the sons of" or "children of" *

Banu (makeup artist) Banu Bashyam is an Indian make-up artist working in Tamil cinema. Life After doing a beautician course in Mumbai, Banu Bashyam left for the United States to learn make-up at an institute owned by the Broadway make-up artist Bob Kelly. She late ...

, an Indian makeup artist *

Banu Chichek Banu Chichek or Bağnu Chichek (, , , ) is a character in the '' Book of Dede Korkut'' and other Turkic mythology. In the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' Etymology and personality The word Banu/Bani, is of Persian origin meaning "lady" and "wife of t ...

, a character in the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' *

Bulgarian Agrarian National Union The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

, a political party

Places

Banu, Iran (disambiguation) Benow or Bonu () may refer to various places in Iran: * Benow, Lamerd, Fars Province * Benow, Larestan, Fars Province * Banu, Khamir, Hormozgan Province * Bonu, Sistan and Baluchestan See also * Banu (disambiguation) * Benu (disambiguation)< ...

, various places in Iran *

Bannu Bannu (, ), also called Bani Gul or Bani (, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe and speak Banuch ...

or Banū City, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Banu, a village in the commune of

Dumești, Iași Dumești is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to t ...

, Romania *

Banú Bannow () is a village and civil parish lying east of Bannow Bay on the southwest coast of County Wexford, Ireland. In modern times the main settlement is the village of Carrig-on-Bannow (or ''Carrig''). In Norman times there was a borough ...

, a village in County Wexford, Ireland