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banya

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɑːnjə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːnjə
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Banna (“Omotic ethnic group”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio, bain, and balaneion.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam) — a Russian steam bath
  • Abkhaz: абана (abana) — a Russian steam bath
  • Armenian: բաղնիք (baġnikʻ) — a Russian steam bath
  • Bashkir: мунса (munsa) — a Russian steam bath
  • Belarusian: ла́зня (láznja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Belarusian: ба́ня (bánja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Bulgarian: ба́ня (bánja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Catalan: bània — a Russian steam bath
  • Chuvash: мунча (munč̬a) — a Russian steam bath
  • Dutch: banja — a Russian steam bath
  • Finnish: venäläinen sauna — a Russian steam bath
  • Finnish: banja — a Russian steam bath
  • French: bania — a Russian steam bath
  • French: banya — a Russian steam bath
  • Georgian: აბანო (abano) — a Russian steam bath
  • German: Banja — a Russian steam bath
  • Hungarian: gőzfürdő — a Russian steam bath
  • Ingrian: sauna — a Russian steam bath
  • Ingrian: kyli — a Russian steam bath
  • Italian: bania — a Russian steam bath
  • Japanese: バニャ (banya) — a Russian steam bath
  • Kalmyk: бань (banʹ) — a Russian steam bath
  • Kazakh: монша (monşa) — a Russian steam bath
  • Korean: 바냐 (banya) — a Russian steam bath
  • Ossetian: абана (abana) — a Russian steam bath
  • Polish: bania — a Russian steam bath
  • Portuguese: banya — a Russian steam bath
  • Russian: ба́ня (bánja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Kildin-Sami: ба̄йна (bājna) — a Russian steam bath
  • Serbo-Croatian: бања — a Russian steam bath
  • Serbo-Croatian: banja — a Russian steam bath
  • Turkish: banya — a Russian steam bath
  • Udmurt: мунчо (munćo) — a Russian steam bath
  • Ukrainian: ла́зня (láznja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Ukrainian: ба́ня (bánja) — a Russian steam bath
  • Yakut: баанньык (baanňïk) — a Russian steam bath