Get to know Banyan better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like jacket.
Banyan meaning
- An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
- Various other trees of the Ficus subgenus Urostigma, especially Ficus pertusa (Central American banyan) and Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan or Malayan banyan).
Synonyms of Banyan
Using Banyan
- The main meaning on this page is: An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. | A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots. | Various other trees of the Ficus subgenus Urostigma, especially Ficus pertusa (Central American banyan) and Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan or Malayan banyan).
- Useful related words include: banian, banyan tree, banian tree, indian banyan.
- In the example corpus, banyan often appears in combinations such as: banyan tree, the banyan, historic banyan.
Context around Banyan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Banyan
- In this selection, "banyan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, historic, lahaina, australian, tree, drive and vines stand out and add context to how "banyan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a historic banyan tree burned and above the banyan tree near. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "banyan" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and absolve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with banyan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Concerts take place in Pinecrest Gardens’ historic Banyan Bowl. (9 words)
Evan Nierman, CEO of global crisis PR firm Red Banyan, told DailyMail. (12 words)
A person walks past the historic town’s beloved 150-year-old Banyan tree. (14 words)
Later, at approximately 4:59 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers again responded to the hotel parking lot on Banyan Drive, in Hilo, for a report of a suspicious male party, later identified as 31-year-old Makua Amituanai, loitering on the property. (43 words)
Anyone who grew up on Maui felt the excitement of seeing the rides and wooden booths being assembled and rising above the banyan tree near War Memorial Gym in the week leading up to the Wailuku event. (37 words)
Hawai‘i County Councilwoman Sue Lee Loy welcomes community members to a design lab workshop Nov. 16 at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel on Banyan Drive in Hilo to help revitalization efforts on the Waiākea Peninsula. (35 words)
A historic banyan tree burned in Maui’s wildfires still stands, but can it survive? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the family Moraceae native to eastern Australia.
A pair of dual complex properties will open in Suzhou: Banyan Tree and Angsana in Shishan plus Banyan Tree and Garrya by Yangcheng Lake.
Of the competitors to NetWare, only Banyan Vines had comparable technical strengths, but Banyan never gained a secure base.
A historic banyan tree burned in Maui’s wildfires still stands, but can it survive?
A man sits on the Lahaina historic banyan tree damaged by a wildfire on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
A person walks past the historic town’s beloved 150-year-old Banyan tree.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS acquired a new stake in shares of Banyan Acquisition during the fourth quarter worth about $227,000.
Evan Nierman, CEO of global crisis PR firm Red Banyan, told DailyMail.
Festivities will include a Banyan Tree Trivia contest from 10 a.m. to noon.
Hawai‘i County Councilwoman Sue Lee Loy welcomes community members to a design lab workshop Nov. 16 at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel on Banyan Drive in Hilo to help revitalization efforts on the Waiākea Peninsula.
Parking is available in the City of West Palm Beach’s public parking garages for flat rates of $10 at the Banyan and Evernia garages and $5 at the City Center, Clematis and Sapodilla garages.
Police canvassed the area and interviewed numerous beachgoers; however, no one reported hearing any type of disturbance prior to witnessing the smoke and flames coming from within the banyan tree.
The crowds were certainly smaller and it was less wild, but people still congregated around the banyan tree.
The Lahaina Banyan Tree has been at the center of community life in Lahaina for decades and has welcomed large celebrations, student May Day programs and formal gatherings.
Anyone who grew up on Maui felt the excitement of seeing the rides and wooden booths being assembled and rising above the banyan tree near War Memorial Gym in the week leading up to the Wailuku event.
Boora emphasized the historical significance of these landmarks, recounting how, in 1857, women leaped into the well to protect their honour, and revolutionaries were executed on the banyan tree.
Concerts take place in Pinecrest Gardens’ historic Banyan Bowl.
He would often sit under the Chinese Banyan tree on campus, light a cigarette and have long conversations over tea and coffee,” recalls Radhakrishnan, 68.
Lahaina Harbor’s fuel dock is makai of where Pioneer Inn once stood and near the Lahaina Banyan Tree and Old Lahaina Courthouse.
Later, at approximately 4:59 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers again responded to the hotel parking lot on Banyan Drive, in Hilo, for a report of a suspicious male party, later identified as 31-year-old Makua Amituanai, loitering on the property.
Common combinations with banyan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- banyan tree 20×
- the banyan 7×
- historic banyan 5×
- banyan network 5×
- banyan drive 4×
- of banyan 3×
- banyan and 3×
- lahaina banyan 3×
- banyan is 2×
- but banyan 2×