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Bann

name

Meaning

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
  3. A river in southeastern Ireland.

Etymology / origin

From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”).

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