The word “banana” comes from the arabic “banan” meaning finger

The word “banana” comes from the arabic “banan” meaning finger

Africans are credited to have given the present name, since the word banana would be derived from the Arab for ‘finger’.

https://lauriekendrick.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/banan-means-finger-in-arabic/

https://www.bananalink.org.uk/all-about-bananas

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