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Definition: Banner |
BannerAdjective1. Unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company". 2. Of headlines; spanning the width of the page; "banner headlines". Noun1. Long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising. 2. A newspaper headline that runs across the full page. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "banner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Banner \Ban"ner\, noun. [from Old English expression banere, Old French baniere, French banni[`e]re, bandi[`e]re, from Late Latin expression baniera, banderia, from bandum banner, from Old High German. bant band, strip of cloth; compare to bindan to bind, Gothic bandwa, bandwo, sign. See Band, noun.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Banner n. 1. The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers (see spool). Typically includes user or account ID information in very large character-graphics capitals. Also called a `burst page', because it indicates where to burst (tear apart) fanfold paper to separate one user's printout from the next. 2. A similar printout generated (typically on multiple pages of fan-fold paper) from user-specified text, e.g., by a program such as Unix's `banner(1,6)'. 3. On interactive software, a first screen containing a logo and/or author credits and/or a copyright notice. This is probably now the commonest sense. Source: Jargon File. |
Bible | Banner (1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were four, were worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented (Num. 1:52; 2:2, 3, 10, 18, 25; Cant. 2:4; 6:4, 10). (2.) The flag borne by each separate tribe, of a smaller form. Probably it bore on it the name of the tribe to which it belonged, or some distinguishing device (Num. 2:2,34). (3.) A lofty signal-flag, not carried about, but stationary. It was usually erected on a mountain or other lofty place. As soon as it was seen the war-trumpets were blown (Ps. 60:4; Isa. 5:26; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; Jer. 4:6 21; Ezek. 27:7). (4.) A "sign of fire" (Jer. 6:1) was sometimes used as a signal. The banners and ensigns of the Roman army had idolatrous images upon them, and hence they are called the "abomination of desolation" (q.v.). The principal Roman standard, however, was an eagle. (See Matt. 24:28; Luke 17:37, where the Jewish nation is compared to a dead body, which the eagles gather together to devour.) God's setting up or giving a banner (Ps. 20:5; 60:4; Cant. 2:4) imports his presence and protection and aid extended to his people. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To see one's country's banner floating in a clear sky, denotes triumph over foreign foes. To see it battered, is significant of wars and loss of military honors on land and sea. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Banner means a piece of cloth. (Anglor-Saxon, fana; Latin, pannus; Welsh, baner; Italian, bandiera; French, bannière.) "An emperor's banner should be sixe foote longe, and the same in breath; a king's banner five foote; a prince's and a duke's banner, four foote; a marquy's, an erle's, a viscount's, a baron's, and a banneret's banner shall be but three foote square." - Park. The banner of the Prophet is called Sanjek-sherif, and is kept in the Eyab mosque of Constantinople. The two black banners borne before the Califs of the house of Abbas were called Night and Shadow. The sacred banner of France is the Oriflamme (q.v.). Banners in churches. These are suspended as thank-offerings to God. Those in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster, etc., are to indicate that the knight whose banner is hung up, avows himself devoted to God's service. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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A Banner is a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message. Banner-making is an ancient craft.
History
Banners are mentioned in the Old Testament where they were a rallying point in battle. (Exodus 17:15)
Banners continued to be used in the Crusades and in many other wars and battles including the American Civil War.
In Siena, the annual Palio race involves the use of banners to distinguish between the individual contrade, and a silk banner is awarded to the overall winner.
Trade Union banners
In Britain, trade union banners have been made since the 1840s, and at May Day parades, they could be counted in the hundreds. The iconography of these banners included mines, mills, factories, but also visions of the future, showing a land where children and adults were well-fed and living in tidy brick-built houses, where the old and sick were cared for, where the burden of work was lessened by new technology, and where leisure time was increasing. For more on the design and making of these banners, see: Banner-making.
Church Banners
Banners in churches have, in the past, been used mainly for processions, inside or outside of the church building. However, the emphasis has, in recent years, shifted markedly towards the permanent or transient display of banners on walls or pillars of churches and other places of worship. A famous example of large banners on display is Liverpool R.C. Cathedral where the banners are designed by a resident artist. For more on the design and making of church banners, see: Banner-making.
Advertising Banners
These are often made commercially on a plastic background, but a number of British towns and cities have whole series of banners decorating their city centres, effectively advertising the town or its special features and attractions. For more on the design and making of such advertising banners, see: Banner-making.See also:
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Stainless Banner
- Web banner
- Banner system, Manchu military and social organizations
- Banner, Illinois
- Banner County, Nebraska
- Banner Elk, North Carolina
- Banner Hill, Tennessee
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Banner Records was a United States based record label of the 20th century.Banner Records was launched in January of 1922 by the Plaza Music Company of New York City. Banner was a fairly popular label in the 1920s, concentrating on popular music of the day. The audio fidelity of the records when new was average to slightly below average for the time, but the disc records were pressed from cheap materials that did not well withstand repeated playing with the heavy phonograph reproducers of the time, so Banner Records tended to display significant surface noise and audio distortion with moderate wear. Banner's recording studio was in New York City; the recording director was Adrian Schubert, who also led the label's house band.
Early on, some Banner Records were reissues of recordings made by Emerson Records and Paramount Records using masters leased from those labels.
Banner Record Sleeve, 1920s
Larger imageIn 1928 Banner merged with Pathe Records and Cameo Records to form the American Record Corporation. ARC continued the Banner label through 1932.
In 1939 the Banner label was revived by CBS, which continued to issue recordings on Banner into the LP vinyl record era.
See also: List of record labels
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The Banners (In Manchu: gūsa, In Chinese: 旗 qi2) were Manchu military and social organizations established by Nurhaci.The banners had hierarchical structure. The minimum unit was niru (or 佐領 zuoling in Chinese; 300 men). The next was jalan (or 參領 canling; 5 niru) and 5 jalan consisted a gūsa (banner). Of course, these were ideal numbers and their actual sizes varied substantially.
Eight Banners English Manchu Chinese L/R U/L Plain Yellow Banner gulu suwayan i gūsa 正黃旗 zhenghuangqi Right Upper Bordered Yellow Banner kubuhe suwayan i gūsa 鑲黃旗 xianghuangqi Left Upper Plain White Banner gulu šanggiyan i gūsa 正白旗 zhengbaiqi Left Upper Bordered White Banner kubuhe šanggiyan i gūsa 鑲白旗 xiangbaiqi Left Lower Plain Red Banner gulu fulgiyan i gūsa 正紅旗 zhenghongqi Right Lower Bordered Red Banner kubuhe fulgiyan i gūsa 鑲紅旗 xianghongqi Right Lower Plain Blue Banner gulu lamun i gūsa 正藍旗 zhenglanqi Left Lower Bordered Blue Banner kubuhe lamun i gūsa 鑲藍旗 xianglanqi Right Lower Although the banners were instrumental in the Qing Empire takeover of China in the 17th century from the Ming Empire, they began to atrophy in the 18th century, and were militarily useless by the 19th century. The Banners proved unable to either defeat Western powers such as Britain in the Opium Wars nor were they able to defend the dynasty against internal revolts such as the Taiping Rebellion.
By the late 19th century, the Qing Dynasty began training and creating New Army units based on Western training, equipment, and organization. Nevertheless, the banners remained in existence as a military force (albeit an ineffective one) until the fall of the Qing in 1911.
The Banner system was also applied to Mongolia but was different from the Manchu Eight Banner System. The Qing Dynasty organized the Mongols into banners (khoshuu) except those who belonged to the Mongol Eight Banners.
Each banner had sumun as nominal subdivisions, which also means arrow. In southern Mongolia, several banners made up a league (chuulghan; 盟 meng). In the rest, including northern Mongolia, northern Xinjiang and Qinghai, ayimagh was the largest administrative division. While it restricted the Mongols from crossing banner border, the dynasty protected Mongolia from population pressure from China.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Banner system."
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Banner is a village located in Fulton County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 149.Geography
Banner is located at 40°30'53" North, 89°54'38" West (40.514730, -89.910537)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 149 people, 54 households, and 44 families residing in the village. The population density is 169.2/km² (443.6/mi²). There are 59 housing units at an average density of 67.0/km² (175.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.97% White, 0.00% African American, 2.01% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.01% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 4.03% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 54 households out of which 37.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% are married couples living together, 13.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% are non-families. 11.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.76 and the average family size is 2.87. In the village the population is spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.1 males. The median income for a household in the village is $31,250, and the median income for a family is $28,125. Males have a median income of $26,528 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,101. 19.1% of the population and 11.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 23.7% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Banner, Illinois."
Synonym: BannerSynonym: streamer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; Noun: wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue; (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry. |
Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. | |
Warfare | Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Banner |
| English words defined with "banner": Bandrol, banneret, bannerlike, Bannerol ♦ Flotant ♦ Grand sergeanty ♦ knight banneret, knight of the square flag, Knights bannerets ♦ Labarum ♦ Vexillum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "banner": 3Station ♦ Alonzo of Aguilar ♦ banner ad, banner site, Bannière, burst page ♦ Fire-eaters, fly page, flypage ♦ Jehovah-nissi ♦ Kingly Titles ♦ LABOR DAY, leech mode, Li-Flambe ♦ Mazzini-ism ♦ ratio site ♦ Sandschaki, Sibyls, Sinclair Research, splash screen, Standards, Sun-burst ♦ targeted bannerspace ♦ U'nicorn ♦ Waldemar's Way. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "banner": Fanon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Banner" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (banner, banners, flag, standard). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | David Banner is believed to be dead, and he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him. (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Carol Baxter; Paul M. Belous) The Star-Spangled Banner. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) I'm Bert Banner. You can call me Bert Banner (Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas; writing credit: Sam Bobrick; Elaine Aronson) | |
Lyrics | Oh sure the banner may be torn and the wind's gotten colder (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler) Pray not a fallen banner, (This Song: For The True And Passionate Lovers Of Music; performing artist: Shai) | |
Clever | You're trailer trash when you think the last words of the Star Spangled Banner are, "Gentlemen start your engines. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914) Star Spangled Banner by a Deaf Mute (1901) Banner Times (1993) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Captain Myron Graybill next to OCEANOGRAPHER banner Tied up in Long Beach just before scrapping in 1944. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 106. The Banner Pompano. Trachynotus glaucus, C. & V. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Boxing match held on board during Battle Fleet maneuvers off Panama in 1923. View looks aft toward the rear of Turret # 4, which bears a banner reading "U.S.S. Texas ... Come On Texas". Note Turret # 3 in the lower right, with a rangefinder and two 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns mounted on its top. Photographed by Holtwick. Credit: NAVY. |  | Slides down the building ways, during launching ceremonies at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 14 December 1944. Note banner spread across the front of Boxer's flight deck, proclaiming: "Here We Go to Tokyo! Newport News Shipyard Workers' War Bonds Help to Sink the Rising Sun". Credit: NAVY. |
 | African American men posed at entrance to building, some with derbys and top hats, and banner labeled "Waiters Union" in Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The working-man's banner. For President. Ulysses S. Grant "The Galena Tanner". For Vice-President. Henry Wilson. "The Natick shoemaker". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Grand Democratic banner. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Firemen rushing to burning building, fireman with parrot in cage, man reading "Banner" newspaper, charred ruins with chimney. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Knight holding pike with banner with initial M. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A banner with a strange device. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "United We Stand Signed Banner" by David Sinofksy Commentary: "United We Stand Signed Banner at Ground Zero in New York City." | "Christmas Banner" by Paige Foster Commentary: "Christmas decorations at a mall." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Star Spangled Banner; Francis Scott Key; American; America; patriotism. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Lord Byron | Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, streams like the thunderstorm against the wind. |
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge | I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for a league. |
Taken from The Banner Printed by The California Mission | Today I will act toward other people as though it might be my last day on earth. I will not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The aristocracy, in order to rally the people to them, waved the proletarian alms-bag in front for a banner. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | NCB offers merchants a free opportunity to advertise their Website on the Singapore ONE network, primarily through banner advertising. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Burma | State-owned newspapers routinely featured, as front-page banner slogans, quotations from the Buddhist scriptures. (references) |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Net exports of this sector surpassed tourism revenues in 1999, which was a banner year for Intel. (references) |
Laos | In September 1945, Vientiane and Champassak united with Luang Prabang to form an independent government under the Free Laos (Lao Issara) banner. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | The youths wore white shirts or red shirts, and by sitting in designated seats they formed a human white-red-white banner, symbolizing the autonomous flag of Belarus replaced by Lukashenka with a flag similar to Belarus's Soviet flag. (references) |
Fiji | The human rights campaigns begun after the coup continued to work under a banner organization called the "Blue Ribbon Campaign." The group continues to plan peace vigils and other similar events, but the Qarase Government pays the Blue Ribbon Campaign little attention. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mexico | On July 2, 2000, voters elected a more plural Congress and chose Vicente Fox as President, who won under the banner of the PAN. (references) |
Worker Rights | Morocco | According to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, in November 2000, the management of a multinational textile factory in Sale responded to their employees' election of 8 members of a trade union committee by firing all 8 elected workers and posting a large banner at the factory entrance that read "NO UNION." The eight trade union leaders subsequently were harassed and assaulted by company security personnel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Because of you, the Star Spangled Banner will be preserved for the ages. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Banner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.79% of the time. "Banner" is used about 542 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.79% | 530 | 11,551 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.21% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 542 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "banner" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Banner | Last name | 2,000 | 4,949 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "banner". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jehovah-nissi | N/A | Biblical | The Lord my banner |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Banner Chemicals plc | USA | Banner Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Banner, IL (village, FIPS 3571) 2. Banner, KY 3. Banner, MS 4. Banner, WY |
Expressions using "banner": ad banner ♦ banner ad ♦ banner class ♦ banner County ♦ banner day ♦ banner Elk ♦ Banner fish ♦ banner head ♦ banner headline ♦ banner headlines ♦ banner Hill ♦ banner site ♦ decorated with red banner order ♦ decorated with the order of red banner ♦ in banner headlines ♦ raise the banner ♦ raising the banner ♦ snow banner ♦ star spangled banner ♦ star sprangled banner ♦ starspangled banner ♦ under the banner of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "banner": banner-bearer, banner-bearers, banner-carrying, banner-cry, banner-decked, banner-holding, banner-hung, banner-pole, banner-towing, banner-waving. | |
Ending with "banner": church-banner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
banner | 4,949 | banner stand | 239 |
banner david | 4,746 | banner rotation | 220 |
banner advertising | 2,514 | cleveland daily banner | 209 |
the star spangled banner | 1,351 | make a banner | 206 |
free banner | 866 | create banner | 194 |
banner exchange | 724 | banner design | 191 |
party banner | 717 | american banner | 186 |
banner david lyrics | 648 | banner elk north carolina | 171 |
banner maker | 544 | free banner maker | 168 |
athens banner herald | 436 | banner david like lyrics pimp | 168 |
banner ad | 415 | banner health | 166 |
flag banner | 377 | bennington banner | 156 |
ocala star banner | 374 | greenville herald banner | 146 |
lyrics star spangled banner | 338 | banner llanview | 138 |
sign banner | 320 | banner creation | 138 |
free banner exchange | 301 | bruce banner | 131 |
birthday banner | 257 | custom banner | 130 |
vinyl banner | 251 | banner making | 124 |
banner logan | 249 | banner creator | 123 |
web banner | 242 | banner david like pimp | 123 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "banner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vlag (flag). (various references) | |
Albanian | banderolë (banderol, banderole, bunting), flamur (ensign, flag, gonfalon, Jack, standard). (various references) | |
Arabic | ممتاز (admirable, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), متفوق على غيره, لواء علم, علم (adudicate, advertise, advertize, advise, apprise, apprize, bar, bunting, coach, cognizance, cognize, drill, educate, flag, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, know, knowledge, learning, let know, locate, mark, mark out, notify, post, profess, read, scholarship, school, science, standard, teach, tell, tick), راية (color, colour, ensign, flag, maniple, rag, standard, waft), رأسية بأحرف ضخمة, شعار (brand, countersign, device, emblem, motto, sign, slogan, tag, watchword). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отличен (alpha plus, crack, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), знаме (ensign, flag, rag, standard). (various references) | |
Chinese | 旌 (make manifest), 旗子 (flag), 横幅, 旗 (flag), 旐 , 幡 . (various references) | |
Czech | transparent (streamer), prapor (battalion, color, colour, ensign, flag). (various references) | |
Danish | flag (flag). (various references) | |
Dutch | vlag (flag), vaan (flag), dundoek (flag). (various references) | |
Esperanto | flago (flag). (various references) | |
Faeroese | flagg (flag, standard). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرچم (Ensign, Stamina, Standard, Whiff), نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), علم (Ensign, Flag, Knowledge, Science), علامت (Allegory, Badge, Brand, Emblem, Mark, Marker, Name, Presage, Showing, Sign, Signal, Stripe, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Tick, Token), درفش (Awl), بیرق (Flag). (various references) | |
Finnish | lippu (ballot paper, bill, colours, flag, note, slip, standard, ticket). (various references) | |
French | pavillon, drapeau, bannière (ad banner). (various references) | |
Frisian | flagge (flag). (various references) | |
German | banner (banners, flag, standard), transparent (clear, diaphanous, lucent, lucid, neon sign, reproducible copy, transparency, transparent, transparentness), fahne (barb, colors, colours, ensign, flag, standard, tail). (various references) | |
Greek | λάβαρο (flag, pennon). (various references) | |
Hebrew | דגל (division, ensign, flag, pennant, standard), סגנון (ensign, genre, mode, style, stylization, type). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zászló (bunting, ensign, flag, pennant, standard), transzparens (placard, transparency). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bendera (flag), spanduk, panji-panji (pennant, standard), panji (ensign). (various references) | |
Italian | bandiera (ensign, flag). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バッファ確保失敗 (badminton, baffy, baton, baton girl, baton pass, baton passing, baton touch, baton twirler, Battenberg lace, battle royal, body, buffererror, vanadium), 旗標 (slogan), 旗幟 (emblem, ensign, flag), 旗印 (emblem, insignia, slogan), 幟 (flag, streamer), 全段抜き , シンフェイン党 (simple, simplicity, simplify, Sinn Fein, symbol, symbol color, symbolic, symbolic link, Symbolics, symbolism, symbolist, symbolize, symphonic jazz, symphonic poem, symphony). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜんだんぬき, バナー , きし (bank, coast, emblem, ensign, exposing a corpse in the city, flag, knight, last child, saving from the brink of death, shogi player, shore, sixth of the sexagenary cycle, term of respect in addressing ladies or anothers older sister, your columns, your honored paper, your journal, your magazine, your paper), のぼり (ascent, climbing, flag, streamer, up-train), シンボルマーク (symbol), はたじるし (emblem, insignia, slogan). (various references) | |
Korean | 기치. (various references) | |
Lombard | bandera (flag). (various references) | |
Manx | mergey (flag, standard), brattagh (colour, ensign, flag), banneyr. (various references) | |
Norwegian | flagg (ensign, flag). (various references) | |
Papiamen | bandera (flag). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | annerbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bandeira (bunting, dust-cloak, duster, ensign, flag, gonfalon, party, pennon, side, standard, weather vane, weathercock). (various references) | |
Romanian | bandierã, bãtãtor la ochi (flash, flashy, flaunty, garish, glaring, rampageous, self evident, staring, tinsel), stindard (flag, gonfalon, oriflamme, standard), steag (color, colour, flag, gonfalon, pendant, standard, streamer), manşetã de ziar, flamurã (pendant, pennant, streamer), drapel (color, colour, colours, ensign, flag, standard), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable). (various references) | |
Russian | флаг;заголовок;знамя первоклассный, знамя (ensign, flag, gonfalon, standard), заголовок (banner headline, caption, head, header, heading, headline, leader, rubric, title). (various references) | |
Scottish | bratach (flag), sròl (crape, gauze, satin, silk), meirghe (a banner, troop). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | barjak (flag, gonfalon, standard), zastava (colors, colours, flag, standard). (various references) | |
Spanish | bandera (colors, colours, ensign, flag, marker, standard), estandarte (flag, pennant, standard). (various references) | |
Sranan | fraga (flag). (various references) | |
Swedish | fana (colors, colours, ensign, flag, standard), baner (ensign, standard). (various references) | |
Tagalog | bandilà (flag), watáwat (flag). (various references) | |
Turkish | bayrak (colors, ensign, flag, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стяг, найкращий (best, choice, preferable, sunny, superior), зразковий (classic, exemplary, model, paradigmatic, pi), знамено (ancient, flag), провідний (central, conductive, leading, principal), прапор (ancient, colors, colours, ensign, flag, gonfalon, standard), прикрашати прапорами (flag). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng hô xung trận (banner-cry, war-cry), tiếng hô xung phong (banner-cry), người cầm cờ (banner-bearer), người đi tiên phong (banner-bearer), người đi đầu (banner-bearer), lá cờ đầu (banner-bearer, standard-bearer). (various references) | |
Welsh | baniar (shout), baner (flag), lluman (ensign, standard), amlygyn (mark). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | urin. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bandum, vexilla, vexillum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | fana. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 2, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eisagagete me eiV oikon tou oinou taxate ep' eme agaphn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Introduxit me in cellam vinariam ordinavit in me caritatem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The king ledde me in his win celer; he ordeynde in me charite. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 2, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Gidala ako niya sa balay nga kolombirahan, Ug ang gugma mao ang iyang bandila sa ibabaw nako. |
| Chinese | 他 帶 我 入 筵 宴 所 、 以 愛 為 旗 在 我 以 上 。 |
| Croatian | Uveo me u odaje vina i pokrio me zastavom ljubavi. |
| Danish | Til en Vinhal bragte han mig, hvor Mærket over mig er Kærlighed. |
| Dutch | Hij voert mij in het wijnhuis, en de liefde is Zijn banier over mij. |
| Finnish | Hän on vienyt minut viinimajaan; rakkaus on hänen lippunsa minun ylläni. |
| French | Il m`a fait entrer dans la maison du vin; Et la bannière qu`il déploie sur moi, c`est l`amour. |
| German | Er führt mich in den Weinkeller, und die Liebe ist sein Panier über mir. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dibawanya aku ke ruang pesta, pandangannya padaku penuh cinta. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dihantarnya aku ke dalam bilik air anggur dan kasihnya adalah bagiku akan panji-panji. |
| Italian | Mi ha introdotto nella cella del vino e il suo vessillo su di me è amore. |
| Maori | I kawea ahau e ia ki te whare hakari, a ko tona kara i runga i ahau he aroha. |
| Norwegian | Han har ført mig til vinhuset, og hans banner over mig er kjærlighet. |
| Portuguese | Levou-me à sala do banquete, e o seu estandarte sobre mim era o amor. |
| Rumanian | El m`a dus kn casa de ospqy, wi dragostea era steagul fluturat peste mine. |
| Russian | пО ЧЧЕМ НЕОС Ч ДПН РЙТБ, Й ЪОБНС ЕЗП ОБДП НОПА--МАВПЧШ. |
| Spanish | Él me lleva a la sala del banquete, y su bandera sobre mí es el amor. |
| Swedish | I vinsalen har han fört mig in, och kärleken är hans ba |
