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Baniyas
Baniyas, also known as Balaneae, is a Mediterranean coastal city in western Syria, built on the site of Balanea, a Phoenician harbor subject to Aradus.
Banja Luka
Banja Luka (Бања Лука), second-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina (~185,000) and seat of Republika Srpska, lies on the Vrbas river; rebuilt after the 1969 earthquake, it centers on administration, banking, and timber.
Banjar, West Java
Banjar (Kota Banjar) is a city in eastern West Java, Indonesia, on the Central Java border, formed from Ciamis Regency by Law 27/2002; 131.97 km², about 207,000 people, 2023 GRDP Rp 5.25 trillion, trade and agriculture dominated.
Banjara (बंजारा)
Banjara (बंजारा), also Lambadi, Lambani, Labana or Gor, is a historically nomadic Indian trader-transporter community, once Mughal army suppliers, later a Criminal Tribe under the 1871 Act, now ST in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha and SC in Karnataka.
Banjarbaru
Banjarbaru is a city in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the provincial capital since 2022 under Law No. 8/2022, established 20 April 1999 from Banjar Regency; 371.38 km², 262,719 people (2022), province's highest HDI.
Banjarmasin
Banjarmasin is a port city and the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, on a delta of the Barito and Martapura rivers, known as the City of a Thousand Rivers.
Banjarmasin War
The Banjarmasin War (Perang Banjar, also Perang Banjar-Barito) was a war in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, where the Banjar sultanate resisted Dutch colonial rule from 1859 until 1863.
Banjo
The banjo is a plucked string instrument with a drum-like body covered by a membrane head, created by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and colonial North America.
Banjo (2016 film)
Banjo (बैंजो) is a 2016 Hindi musical drama and Ravi Jadhav's Hindi directorial debut, starring Riteish Deshmukh as Mumbai street musician Taraat and Nargis Fakhri as a New York DJ; released 23 September 2016 by Eros International, it flopped commercially and with critics.
Banjo & Kazooie
Banjo & Kazooie are Rare's bear-and-bird duo from the 1998 N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie, later in Banjo-Tooie, Nuts & Bolts, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC (2019); no new game since 2008.
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson (1864–1941), Australian bush balladist, solicitor and war correspondent, author of 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and 'Waltzing Matilda'; Bulletin Debate rival of Henry Lawson; CBE 1939.
Banjo ukulele
Banjo ukulele (banjolele, banjo uke): four-string hybrid with a banjo body and drum head, ukulele neck and G-C-E-A tuning, invented around 1916 (Bolander or Keech), trademarked Banjulele by Alvin D. Keech, peaked in the 1920s-30s, popularized by George Formby.
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie: 1998 Rare/Nintendo N64 3D platformer starring bear Banjo and bird Kazooie against witch Gruntilda; Metacritic 92; sequels Banjo-Tooie (2000) and Nuts & Bolts (2008); began as Project Dream.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008), Rare's Xbox 360 vehicle-building action game starring Banjo, Kazooie, Gruntilda, and L.O.G.; Havok-physics construction, 131 Jiggies, Metacritic 79, 0.76m sales, last main series entry.
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie, also known as Banjo to Kazooie no Daibōken 2, is a 2000 Nintendo 64 platform game developed by Rare as the second Banjo-Kazooie installment.
Banjul
Banjul, formerly Bathurst until renaming, is the capital of The Gambia on an island at the Gambia River's mouth; founded by Britain in 1816, its port handles about 90% of national trade, and the city lies at sea level facing severe sea-level-rise risk.
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that takes deposits from the public, makes loans, and creates deposit money when it lends, under capital rules and deposit insurance.
Bank account
A bank account is a formal banking relationship covering demand deposits, savings, transaction, and credit accounts; the deposit is a liability the bank owes, which is why deposit insurance exists.
Bank Al-Maghrib
Bank Al-Maghrib (بنك المغرب) is the central bank of Morocco, established in 1959 and granted greater independence by 2006 law, with price stability as its main objective.
Bank Albilad
Bank Albilad (بنك البلاد) is a Sharia-compliant Saudi joint-stock commercial bank, licensed in 2004 as the Kingdom's 11th bank, with retail-weighted revenue and 108 branches.
Bank and Monument stations
Bank and Monument are a combined London Underground and Docklands Light Railway interchange in the City of London, legally one station serving five lines plus the DLR.
Bánk bán
Bánk bán is a five-act Hungarian historical tragedy by József Katona, written between 1814 and 1819, and the basis of Ferenc Erkel's 1861 national opera.
Bank Band
Bank Band is a Japanese charity music project formed in 2004 by producer Kobayashi Takeshi and Mr.Children vocalist Sakurai Kazutoshi to support the nonprofit ap bank.
Bank Central Asia
Bank Central Asia (BCA), formally PT Bank Central Asia Tbk, is Indonesia's largest private bank. Founded in 1957 and controlled by the Hartono family, it earned Rp57.6 trillion in 2025.
Bank Charter Act 1844
The Bank Charter Act 1844 is a UK statute, associated with Robert Peel, that tied Bank of England note issue to bullion and barred new banks from issuing notes.
Bank Chor (बैंक चोर)
Bank Chor (बैंक चोर) is a 2017 Hindi comedy-thriller from Y-Films, directed by Bumpy, starring Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, and Rhea Chakraborty; a botched bank robbery became a hostage crisis, flopping at ₹7.32 crore net against a ₹15 crore budget.
Bank code
A bank code is an identifier naming a bank, and often a branch, within a country's payment clearing system, such as the US routing number or UK sort code.
Bank deutscher Länder
The Bank deutscher Länder (Bank of German States) was West Germany's central bank from 1948 to 1957, issuing the Deutsche Mark until it became the Bundesbank.
Bank effect
The bank effect is the set of hydrodynamic forces pushing a ship's bow away from, and drawing its stern toward, a nearby bank in restricted water.
Bank erosion
Bank erosion is the retreat of a stream or river bank as the channel widens or migrates laterally, the counterpart to lowering of the stream bed in fluvial erosion.