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 sturnidæ
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These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Banana, Banana, Banas.
Banana
a fruit originally East Incountries over the whole globe. It is now generally regarded as a mere variety of the plantain. The banana has, generally, dark purple stripes and spots on the stems, and the fruit is smaller, less curved, and of a more delicate taste than the plantain, with a soft and luscious pulp. Each fruit is generally about four ways used in a ripe state, and never, like or five inches long. The banana is althe plantain, as a substitute for bread. N. of the mouth of the Kongo; also a
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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,
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Banas
or BUNAS, the name of three rising in the Aravulli Mountains, flows N. E. through Mewar for 120 miles, then S. E, and falls into the Chambal, after a total course of 300 miles; (2) a river which also rises in the Aravulli Mountains, and, after a southwestward course of 180 miles, is lost in the Runn of Cutch; (3) a river of Chutia Nagpur, about 70 miles, and falls into the Sone, Bengal, has a northwestward course of near Rampur. formerly belonging to Hungary, consist-
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Banat
a large and fertile region, ing of the counties of Temesvar, Torontal, and Krisso; principal town, Temesvar. The region originally belonged to Hungary; was occupied by the Turks in 1652- 1716; and was reunited to Hungary in 1799. By the treaty signed at Versailles on June 4, 1920 , the Banat became part of Rumania. Area, 11,009 square miles. Pop. about 1,600,000 . shire, on the Oxford canal and the
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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.
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Bancroft
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) HUBERT HOWE, an American historian, born in Granville, O., May 5, 1832. In 1852 he went to California to establish a book business, and began to collect documents, maps, books and MSS. for a complete "History of the Pacific States" from Mexico to Alaska. He published "Native Races of the Pacific States" (1875-1876); "History of the Pacific States" (1882-1891); a series of "Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth"; "The New Pacific" (1907); "Retrospection" (1912); etc. He died in 1918.
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Bancroft (GEORGE an American historian)
GEORGE, an American historian, born near Worcester, Mass., Oct. 3, 1800. He was educated at Harvard and in Germany. In 1824 he published a translation of Heeren's "Politics of Ancient Greece," and a small volume of poems. Between 1834 and 1840 three volumes of his History of the United States were published. In 1845 he was appointed Secretary of the Navy. He was American Minister to England from 1846 to 1849, when the University of Oxford conferred on him the honorary degree of D. C. L. The fourth and fifth volumes of his history appeared in 1852. The sixth appeared in 1854, the seventh in 1858, the eighth soon after, but the ninth 'id not appear till 1866. From 1867 to 1874 he was Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin. The 10th and last volume of his great work appeared in 1874. An additional section appeared, first as a separate work, in 1882: "History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States," and the whole came out in six volumes in 1884-1885. He settled in Washington on returning from Germany, in 1875, and died there Jan. 17, 1891.
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Bancroft (SIR SQUIRE an English actor)
SIR SQUIRE, an English actor and manager, born in London in 1841. His first appearance on the stage was made in Birmingham in 1861. This was followed by seasons in Dublin and Liverpool, after which he appeared in London at the Prince of Wales Theater in 1865. In 1871 he married Miss Wilton and with her took up the management of the Prince of Wales Theater. From 1880 to 1885 he also managed the Haymarket Theater. He and his wife then retired from active management. He appeared at the Lyceum with Henry Irving in 1889 and subsequently took part in several presentations at the Garrick and other theaters. He was knighted in 1897.
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Band Music
. See Orchestra
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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.
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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.).
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Banded Peak
or MT. HESPERUS, a peak of the San Juan Mountains, in southern Colorado; altitude, 12,860 feet.
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Bandelier
ADOLPH FRANCIS ALPHONSE, a Swiss-American archæologist, born in Berne, Aug. 6, 1840; settled early in the United States, where he carried out important work under the direction of the Archæological Institute of America. His studies have been chiefly among the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona, Central America and Mexico. He was the author of "Art of War and Mode of Warfare" (1877); "Social Organization and Government of Ancient Mexicans" (1878); "Tenure of Lands and Inheritances of Ancient Mexicans" (1878); "An Archæological Tour Into Mexico" (1885); ; a novel of Pueblo Indian life, "The Delight Makers"; "The Gilded Man"; etc. He died at Madrid in 1914.
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