Banana – Barbary
Banana
an island in West Africa, seaport of the Kongo Free State on the island. (starlings), and the sub-family oriolinæ, icterus, belonging to the family sturnidx to the family sturnidæ
Banana-Bird
a bird xanthornus white bars on the wings. It occurs in or orioles. It is tawny and black, with the West Indies and the warmer parts of continental America. rivers of India. (1) A river of Rajputana,
Banca
an island belonging to the Dutch East Indies, between Sumatra and Borneo; area about 4,450 square miles.
A large part of the population is Chinese:
It is celebrated for its excellent tin, but it produces nothing else of any importance. Pop. (1917) 154,178.
Banda Islands
a group belonging to Holland, Indian Archipelago, S. of Ceram, Great Banda, the largest, being 12 miles long by 2 broad. They are beautiful islands, of volcanic origin, yielding quantities of nutmeg. Goenong Api, or Fire Mountain, is a cone-shaped volcano which rises 2,320 feet above the sea.
Pop. about 9,500.
Banda Oriental
a state of South America, originally settled by Spaniards from Buenos Aires, claimed by Brazil, but, after a war, made in 1825 into the independent state of Banda Oriental del Uruguay-i. e., Eastern Bank of the Uruguay, now usually called simply URUGUAY (q. v.).
Banded Peak
or MT. HESPERUS, a peak of the San Juan Mountains, in southern Colorado; altitude, 12,860 feet.
Bandong
or BANDUNG, a flourishing commercial town in the center of the western end of Java, in the vicinity of the volcano Gunong Guntour. Since 1864 it has been the capital of western Alberta, Canada. It is on the BANFF, a health resort in south- Pop. about 22,000. of a prov-
Bangor
city, port of entry, and junction of the Penobscot and Kendusof navigation on the Penobscot river; is divided into two parts by the Kendus-
Bangor
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Northampton co. It is on the Lackawanna, and Lehigh and New England railroads, and has important slate quarrying interests, silk mills, machine shops, and other industries. Pop. (1910) 5,369; (1920) 5,404.
Banks Land
an island in the W. of Arctic America, discovered by Parry in 1819, explored by Maclure in 1850, BANTOCK and named by him Baring Island. It is separated by Banks Strait from Melville Island, lying to the N. W., and by Prince of Wales Strait from Prince Albert Land, lying eastward.
Barbacena
a flourishing town of It 125 miles N. W. of Rio de Janeiro. It is situated in the Mantiqueira Mountains, about 3,500 feet above the sea. Pop. about 6,000.
Barbary
a general name for the most northerly portion of Africa, extending about 2,600 miles from Egypt to the Atlantic, with a breadth varying 416 BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS