[ban], (Verb)

Definitions:
- officially or legally prohibit (something)
(e.g: parking is banned around the harbour in summer)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’

[ban], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an official or legal prohibition
(e.g: a proposed ban on cigarette advertising)

- a curse
(e.g: the land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the Canaanites)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’

[bɑːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a monetary unit of Romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu


Phrases:

Origin:
Romanian