banon

[ ba-non, -nawn ]

noun

1. a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of banon¹

After Banon, a village in SE France (Basses-Alpes)

Example Sentences

Federal prosecutors alleged in 2020 that Mr. Banon pocketed more than $1 million in donations from the “We Build the Wall” campaign which raised more than $25 million in total.

From Washington Times

Banon reached out to a friend, 36-year-old Lauren Selman.

From Los Angeles Times

Zora Banon, 34, said she grappled with anxiety before going in front of the crowd and sharing her story of opting for an abortion when she was 27.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s just such a lack of education out there and so much stigma around abortions,” Banon said.

From Los Angeles Times

The real world and the online world merge into one hybrid universe, where the fungible and the nonfungible intersect at multiple points, said Justin Banon, a co-founder and the chief executive of Boson Protocol, which enables the sale of physical products in the metaverse as NFTs.

From New York Times