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- noun The
territory governed by aban .
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He called his banat "the kingdom of Serbia," and allied himself to Prince Lazar, the most powerful of the Serbian rulers who were still independent.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917
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I had to ask castusalbuscor what "banat" meant, and it means "girl" - which I should have known (Malaysians, our equivalent is "binte"; same consonant sounds).
Women's Stories: Caramel fantasyecho 2008
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The term "banat" denotes a border district, or march.] * 489.
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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Dalsen added that, in addition, the banat was also claimed.
Guina-ang, Pasil and Licuan-Ba-ay, Abra Reclaim Bodong Ties 2007
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Stratemirovi [ 'c], were defying the Magyar power in the banat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Passarowitz on the 21st of July 1718, the banat, which rounded off Hungary and Belgrade, with the northern districts of Servia, were annexed to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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But when the word is used without any other qualification, it indicates the Temesvár banat, which strangely acquired this title after the peace of Passarowitz (1718), though it was never governed by a _ban_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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This was followed, on the 26th of January 1699, by the peace of Karlowitz, by which Slavonia, Transylvania and all Hungary, except the banat of Temesvár, were ceded to the Austrian crown.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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There were in Hungary several banats, which disappeared during the Turkish wars, as the banat of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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After a campaign of varying fortunes the Turks beat the imperial troops at Krotzka on the 23rd of July 1739 and laid siege to Belgrade, where on the 1st of September a treaty was signed, which, with the exception of the banat, surrendered everything that Austria had gained by the treaty of Passarowitz.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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