Croatian

Noun

1. gang

French

Verb

1. third-person singular past historic form of bander

Hungarian

Etymology

Noun

1. gang (of thieves etc.)

Italian

Noun

1. side
2. band (in all senses)
3. gang or group
4. tape or strip

Maltese

Etymology

Noun

1. side

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

1. band (a group of people loosely united for a common purpose)
2. cushion (the lip around a table in cue sports)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

1. band.
2. gang or group.
3. badge.

Related terms

• banda ancha
• banda sonora
• bandido
• bandolero

See also

• pandilla
• venda

Swedish

Verb

1. to record to a magnetic tape

People

• Hastings Banda, former president of Malawi
• Banda Singh Bahadur, a famous Sikh warlord

Places

• Banda District in Uttar Pradesh, India
• Banda, Ghana
• Banda, India, administrative headquarters of Banda District
• Banda Islands, a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea
• Banda, Maharashtra, India
• Banda Sea, the sea of the South Moluccas in Indonesia, a part of the Pacific Ocean.

Miscellaneous

• Banda fluid, the distinctive-smelling solvent used in a Banda machine
• Banda languages, spoken by the Banda people
• Banda machine, a type of copying machine (spirit duplicator)
• Banda music, a traditional Mexican form of music
• Banda people, an ethnic group of the Central African Republic
• Banda polka, a polish version of famous Beer Barrel Polka
• Banda, large smoked fish in Chad

Other references

• In Padua, Italy, Palazzo Giusti detention center security police irregulars and other hangers-on in the service of Major Mario Carità were known as the banda Carità.
• the off-stage musicians in many operas, such as in Don Giovanni, Rigoletto or Aida or the costumed musicians on-stage, as in the festivities of L'Elisir d'Amore or Carmen.
• Banda in the Philippines refers to a group of musicians typically composed of guitar players, drummer, and vocalists. Notable Pinoy Bands today in the Philippines are Bamboo, Rivermaya, Sugarfree, etc.