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. Cyrillic: гадил (mn) ( gadil ) ( official ), банан (mn) ( banan ), банана ( banana ) ( popular ) Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ ( ɣadali ), ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨ ( banan ), ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ ( banana ) Four different types of bananas. The larger yellow bananas on the far right are commercially dominant Cavendish bananas. Pronunciation [ edit ] 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.

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. From Wolof banaana, via Spanish or Portuguese, of unknown origin, but potentially from Arabic بَنَان‎ ( banān, “ fingertip ” ) [1]. Latin: ariena f ( classical ), ariera f ( classical ), musa ( 14th-century, Medieval ), banana (la) ( Modern )The racial slur derives from the notion that they are " Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, White (Westernized) on the inside". 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 ) derogatory , slang ) wimp ( a weak or unconfident person ) Aquele rapaz é um banana! ― That guy is a wimp! 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 )