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Bangwato

The Bangwato, also called the Ngwato or Bamangwato, are a Tswana people of east-central Botswana who built the largest Tswana state, centered on Shoshong and later Serowe.

Bangweulu, "where the water meets the sky," is a Zambian wetland system of Lake Bangweulu, swamps, and floodplains in the upper Congo basin, drained by the Luapula River, home to the endemic black lechwe and shoebill, a Ramsar site co-managed since 2008.

Bangweulu - Mweru

Bangweulu - Mweru is a freshwater ecoregion covering the lakes and swamps of the Bangweulu and Mweru systems in southeastern DRC and northeastern Zambia, with rich endemic fauna.

Bangweulu Swamps

The Bangweulu Swamps, meaning "where the water meets the sky," are permanent swamps and seasonally flooded grasslands in northeastern Zambia, home to the endangered black lechwe.

Bánh chưng, bánh giầy

Bánh chưng and bánh giầy are Vietnamese sticky-rice cakes of Tết: a square boiled cake with mung bean and pork, and a round pounded-rice cake.

Bánh mì

Bánh mì (banh mi) is Vietnam's baguette sandwich, a French colonial import rebuilt with rice-flour dough, pâté, cold cuts, pickles, and herbs; OED-listed since 2011, TasteAtlas's top 2024 sandwich, but prone to salmonella outbreaks.

Bánh trôi nước

Bánh trôi nước is a four-line Nôm poem by Hồ Xuân Hương that describes a boiled rice cake and, by double meaning, the fate of Vietnamese women.

Banhā

Banhā, also spelled Benha (Arabic: بنها), is a city on the Damietta Branch of the Nile 48 km north of Cairo, capital of Qalyubia Governorate and site of ancient Athribis.

Bani of Ravidas

The bani of Ravidas, also known as Raidas, is the collected devotional hymns of Ravidas, a North Indian bhakti sant poet from the Chamar community.

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Bani Surmah

Bani Surmah (Ban-e Sorma) is an Early Bronze Age necropolis of 37 stone corridor tombs in the Pusht-i Kuh, western Luristan, Iran, excavated in 1966 and 1967.

Banī Suwayf

Banī Suwayf (Beni Suef, بني سويف) is the capital city of Beni Suef Governorate in northern Upper Egypt, about 120 km south of Cairo on the Nile's west bank, known for New Beni Suef, Heracleópolis Magna archaeology, and Beni Suef University.

Bani Thani

Bani Thani (बणी ठणी) is an Indian miniature portrait of an idealized woman, painted around 1750 by the Kishangarh court artist Nihal Chand and known as the "Indian Mona Lisa".

Bania (बनिया) (caste)

Bania (बनिया, also Baniya, Vania) is a north and west Indian cluster of Hindu and Jain Vaishya trading castes, including Agarwals, Oswals, and Marwaris, traditionally bankers, moneylenders, and shopkeepers, classified as a forward caste.

Banibangou attack

The Banibangou attack was a June 2026 assault by Islamic State Sahel Province fighters on a Nigerien military base in western Niger, killing at least 34 soldiers.

Banig

Banig is the Filipino handwoven sleeping or sitting mat, made from tikog, pandan, buri, or rattan; regional traditions include Tawi-Tawi's Badjao and Samal mats, the Maranao round mat, and Basey, Samar, the banig capital.

Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel

The Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel, also called the Navyug Tunnel, is a twin-tube road tunnel opened in 2021 that carries National Highway 44 between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir.

Banijay Group

Banijay Group, formerly FL Entertainment, is a French media and entertainment group on Euronext Amsterdam spanning content production (Banijay Entertainment), live experiences, and gaming (Betclic, Tipico), with 2025 revenue of €4.9 billion.

Banished by Sin

Banished by Sin (2024) is Deicide's thirteenth studio album and first in six years, released on Reigning Phoenix Music; 12 tracks, 38:59, live-style production, AI cover art controversy.

Banished from the Hero's Party

Banished from the Hero's Party (真の仲間じゃないと勇者のパーティーを追い出されたので、辺境でスローライフすることにしました) is a Japanese slow-life fantasy light novel by Zappon and Yasumo, 15 volumes, 2018–2025, about Red, expelled from the Hero's party, running an apothecary in Zoltan with Rit; adapted into manga and TV anime, published in English by Yen Press.

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Banishment Stela

The Banishment Stela of Menkheperre is a fragmentary 21st Dynasty stela in the Louvre recording Amun's oracle approving the pardon and return of banished men.

Banisteriopsis

Banisteriopsis (ayahuasca vine genus, Malpighiaceae), lianas and shrubs from Mexico to tropical South America; 65 accepted species including Banisteriopsis caapi, the principal component of Ayahuasca tea; Miocene origin about 22 million years ago.

Banisteriopsis caapi

Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca, yagé, caapi) is an Amazonian Malpighiaceae liana containing the β-carboline alkaloids harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine, MAO inhibitors that make DMT orally active in ayahuasca brews.

Sep 19, 2026

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.