Meaning of banaba | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean, a former site of phosphate mining.
2. A Southeast Asian tree (Lagerstroemia speciosa), with medicinal leaves.

Examples

“The last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago. […] Alofa says elders would like to see Australia and New Zealand fund a team of researchers to travel to Banaba to assess the damage and repair the caves.”

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