Cyrillic: гадил (mn) ( gadil ) ( official ), банан (mn) ( banan ), банана ( banana ) ( popular ) Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ ( ɣadali ), ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨ ( banan ), ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ ( banana ) Spanish: banana (es) f ( Argentina , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay ), banano (es) m ( Central America , Colombia , Ecuador ), cambur (es) m ( Colombian Llanos , Venezuela ), guineo (es) m ( Colombian Caribbean Coast , Dominican Republic , Eastern Bolivia , Eastern Cuba , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Northern Honduras , Northwestern Venezuela , Panama , Puerto Rico , Southern and Southeastern Mexico ), mínimo (es) m ( Central Honduras ), plátano (es) m ( Spain , Chile , Mexico , Peru , Philippines ), plátano fruta m ( Cuban standard usage ) Cantonese: 香蕉 (yue) ( hoeng 1 ziu 1 ), 蕉 ( ziu 1 ) Dungan: щёнҗё ( xi͡onži͡o ), баҗё ( baži͡o ) Hakka: 弓蕉 ( kiûng-chêu ) Mandarin: 香蕉 (zh) ( xiāngjiāo ) Min Nan: 弓蕉 ／ 芎蕉 ( keng-chio, kin-chio, geng-chio ), 金蕉 ( kim-tsio ) Wu: 香蕉 ( 1shian-ciau ) Canada, US , UK , Ireland ) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.

Arabic: مَوْزَة‎ f ( mawza ), مَوْز‎ m ( mawz ) ( collective ) Egyptian Arabic: موزة‎ f ( mōza ), موز‎ m pl ( mōz ) Hijazi Arabic: موزة‎ f ( mōza ), موز‎ m pl ( mōz ) Moroccan Arabic: بنان‎ m ( banān ), بنانة‎ f ( banāna ) An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. Four different types of bananas. The larger yellow bananas on the far right are commercially dominant Cavendish bananas. Pronunciation [ edit ] From Wolof banaana, via Spanish or Portuguese, of unknown origin, but potentially from Arabic بَنَان‎ ( banān, “ fingertip ” ) [1]. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.

Latin: ariena f ( classical ), ariera f ( classical ), musa ( 14th-century, Medieval ), banana (la) ( Modern ) derogatory , slang ) wimp ( a weak or unconfident person ) Aquele rapaz é um banana! ― That guy is a wimp! The racial slur derives from the notion that they are " Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, White (Westernized) on the inside".