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Re: Know of any names meaning...
There is a Japanese author called Banana Yoshimoto, but it's just a pseudonym; I can't remember her real name, but it's not Banana. :)"Silence! I'll KILL you!!!"
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It's MahokoOtherwise, Banana's not used as a name in Japan.
Basho, means banana-tree, and is the name of a famous 17thc. Japanese poet (I think it's also a pseud., though).
Chiquita is not a first name, it's a diminutive for chica= child in Spanish
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Thanks! Her book "Kitchen" is very good, BTWnm
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there is a name in Arabic --- Moza , the meaning is banana

This message was edited 12/11/2007, 2:39 AM

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