Banan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴南 (Bānán).

Banan

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • 2012 April 19, Stenquist, Paul, “Suzuki: Going Places Elsewhere, but Not in America”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-07‎:

     Its Indian arm, Maruti Suzuki, is the largest passenger-car manufacturer on the subcontinent, and Suzuki’s joint venture in China with Changan Automobile recently announced it would build a second plant in the Banan District of Chongqing. The plant will give the venture an annual capacity to build 500,000 cars.

   • 2014, Retail Market Study Worldwide 2014‎, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 879:

     It was reported that Decathlon, the biggest global sports products retailer, is investigating the road logistics base in Banan District, which is planned to create a Southwest logistics distribution centre in Chongqing.

   • 2020 February 14, Min Zhang; Tom Daly, “China titanium producer Pangang shuts unit as coronavirus cases found”, in David Evans, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 14 February 2020, Commodities:

     One of China’s top titanium producers has halted production at its unit in Chongqing after members of staff were found to be infected with the new coronavirus, a local government official said on Friday.
     Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium and Resources, which produces around 220,000 tonnes per year of titanium dioxide - used as white pigment in paints, paper, plastics and textiles - subsequently put the facility in Chongqing’s Banan district under lockdown, the Banan official said.

• banna, naban

Banan f (plural Bananen)

1. banana