banda

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banda¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

noun bandas

  1. uncountable A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century. With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.
  2. countable An ensemble playing such music.

Banda²

proper noun Bandas

  1. A surname.

Banda³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi बांदा (bāndā).

proper noun

  1. A city and district of Chitrakoot division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: banding, bandwidth, band, stripe, oob, ribbon, belt, strip, panda, bandar, dance band, string band, jam band, jazz band, bandonion, bandoneon

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@misc{banda_2026,
  title = {banda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/banda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}