The connection between the wealth of the banana trade and the influence of outsiders, particularly North Americans, led O. Henry, the American writer who took temporary refuge in Honduras in 1896-97, to coin the term " Banana Republic " to describe Honduras.

As part of the so-called Banana Wars all around the Caribbean, Honduras saw the insertion of American troops in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924 and 1925.

The term Banana Republic was coined by American writer O. Henry.

The Youngbloods was an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young ( vocals, bass ), Jerry Corbitt ( guitar ), Lowell Levinger, nicknamed " Banana ," ( guitar and electric piano ), and Joe Bauer ( drums ).

Latin American writer Giannina Braschi wrote the philosophical novel " United States of Banana " based on Walter Kaufman's translation of " Thus Spoke Zarathustra "; in it, Zarathustra and Hamlet philosophize about the liberty of modern man in a capitalist society.

* Banana () ( referencing the yellow skin and white innings of the fruit when fully matured ) and Twinkie ( based on the snack produced by American company Hostess ): often pejorative.

Butler participated in a series of occupations, police actions, and interventions by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean, commonly called the Banana Wars because their goal was to protect American commercial interests in the region, particularly those of the United Fruit Company.

Inspired by the black comedy of corruption within Ubu Roi, the Puerto Rican absurdist narrative " United States of Banana " by Giannina Braschi, dramatizes, with over-the-top grotesque flourishes known to pataphysics, the fall of the American Empire and the liberation of Puerto Rico.

* Banana Republic-High end American brand set to open a 11, 515 sq ft store currently under construction as part of the Buchanan Quarter development.

Banana bread first became a standard feature of American cookbooks with the popularization of baking soda and baking powder in the 1930s, appeared in Pillsbury's 1933 Balanced Recipes cookbook, and later gained more acceptance with the release of the original Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book in 1950.

The Jackson do Pandeiro hit, " Chiclete com Banana " ( chewing gum with banana ) ( music by Gordurinha and Almira Castilho ), was the first song that try to make a cross between Brazilian music with North American Rock and roll or Boogie Woogie.

Various other retailers are represented in the mall, including Vero Moda, Jack & Jones, Forever 21, Stuart Weitzman, Lacoste, Guess Accesoiries, Steve Madden, H & M, Zara, HMV, Le Château, Rockport Store, Sports Experts, Old Navy, Browns, B2, American Eagle Outfitters, Renaud-Bray, La Senza, Banana Republic, Subway, A & W, Marciano, Guess Gap, Aldo Groupe, Little Burgundy, Tommy Hilfiger, Aveda, The Body Shop, Crabtree & Evelyn, Telus, Rogers, Fido, Levi's, LensCrafters, Parasuco, Energie / Miss Sixty, GEOX, ECCO, Mephisto Concept Store, Oakley, Mexx, Printwell, Starbucks Coffee Shop, Jacob, Swarovski, The Children's Place, EB Games, Sephora, Joshua Perets, Bath & Body Works, Stitches, MAC Cosmetics, AIX Armani Exchange, BCBG Max Azria, American Apparel, IRIS, Apple, Manchu Wok ( restaurant ), Steve Madden, among others.

Among them are Zara, H & M, Renaud-Bray, Forever 21, Old Navy, Bench, Gap, Sephora, Apple Store, Banana Republic, M-A-C, American Apparel, Bath & Body Works, The Body Shop, Guess, American Eagle Outfitters, Pandora, Hush Puppies, Lids, Little Burgundy, Stitch It, DAVIDsTea, Jacob, Buffalo David Bitton, Tommy Hilfigher, Mexx, Bovet, Souris Mini and many more.

While the mall features staples of American retail — such as Banana Republic, Victoria's Secret and Forever 21 — it is also home to several high-end designer boutiques, including Armani Exchange, Just Cavalli, D & G Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Ben Sherman, Diesel, Gucci, Prada, The Ferrari Store, Burberry, Fendi and Hugo Boss.

The portion of the center facing Hollywood Boulevard houses retail tenants such as GAP, American Eagle, Banana Republic, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Sephora, Swatch, and Express.

Other stores in the center include Banana Republic, Michael Kors, two-storey GAP and J. Crew locations, Nike, MAC Cosmetics, COACH, Victoria's Secret, Anthropologie, Barneys New York CO-OP, ZARA, Kiehl's, and American Girl Place.

Traditional upside-down preparations include the American Pineapple Upside-down Cake, French Tarte Tatin, and Brazilian Bolo de Banana.

She later was featured in the Banana Republic ' American Beauty ' campaign.

He has also conducted research in Central America on ethnicity and social unrest and is the author of Ethnicity at Work: Divided Labor on a Central American Banana Plantation ( 1989 ) which was based on two years of living in the workers ' barracks of a Chiquita Brands banana plantation spanning the borders of Costa Rica and Panama.

* Banana pepper, a number of species and spices

One of the songs included in the album is the now famous " Banana Boat Song " ( listed as " Day O " on the original release ), which reached number five on the pop charts, and featured its signature lyric " Day-O.

The show ’ s theme song, titled " The Tra La La Song ( One Banana, Two Banana )", released as a single, peaked at number 97 on Billboard's Top 100 in February 1969.

Not intended for official release, these songs were later compiled on a number of records and released under the alias Electric Banana: Electric Banana ( 1967 ), More Electric Banana ( 1968 ), Even More Electric Banana ( 1969 ), Hot Licks ( 1970 ), and Return of the Electric Banana ( 1978 ).

The inter-war period also saw the use of CAS in a number of conflicts, principally Spain and China and the Banana Wars.

In the late 1960s, Garrett provided cartoon voiceovers for a number of Hanna-Barbera projects, including The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.

The mid-1980s pop rock bands Amajlija, Poslednja Igra Leptira, Slomljena Stakla, Ruž, Alisa, Banana, Jugosloveni, Bel Tempo and Vampiri had a vast number of album sales, however, the majority of them disbanded before reaching or at the beginning of the 1990s.

There is no official Zimbabwean record of the number of casualties on the first raid on Cassa Banana.

Joseph " Sharkey " Bonano ( April 9, 1904 – March 27, 1972 ), also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was a jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist.

In 2006, Bolivia, as a result of alternative development programs, exported US $ 28 million of Banana, US $ 1. 9 million of pineapple, and US $ 7. 0 million of palm heart.

Rebel FM 88. 9 ( MHz ) was Banana Shires first commercial FM radio station.

* Erase-yer-head No. 9 split EP with Melt Banana, Tear of a doll, Camp Blackfoot, God Is My Co-Pilot ( 1999 ) Pandemonium

* ' On Musa Livingstoniana, a New Banana from Tropical Africa ', Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany ( 1867 ), 9, 128.

* 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe ( formerly Rhodesia ) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President.

For example, a " Banana " class would represent the properties and functionality of bananas in general.

Banana production in 1999 was 432, 000 tons.

Banana exports, then accounting for 80 percent of all exports, continued to expand.

Banana exports peaked in 1930, then declined rapidly.

Banana workers continued at the top of the wage scale in the 1990s ; however, in the 1980s, as banana production became less labor intensive, the companies had decreased their investment and work force.

This play in turn inspired Giannina Braschi's dramatic novel " United States of Banana ," which takes place at the Statue of Liberty in post-9 / 11 New York City.

In it, Hamlet, Zarathustra, and Giannina are on a quest to free the Puerto Rican prisoner Segismundo from the dungeon of Liberty, where Segismundo's father, Basilio, the King of the United States of Banana, imprisoned him for the crime of having been born.

Banana production in 1999 was 130, 000 tons.

In 2004, the two co-authored Banana Republicans, which argued that the Republican Party is turning the U. S. into a one-party state.

Some toponyms ( like Banana and Main Camp ) come from the nuclear testing period, during which at times over 4, 000 servicemen were present.

The people of Banana are said to change themselves by magical means, composed of human embryos and other ingredients, but in their leopard form they may do no harm to mankind under pain of retaining forever the beast shape.

Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France.

Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France.

The MV Freedom Star and MV Liberty Star, ships used by NASA to tow space shuttle solid rocket boosters back to Kennedy Space Center, are propelled only by water jets to protect the endangered manatee population that inhabits regions of the Banana River where the ships are based.

Four of his books, The Long Banana Skin ( 1975 ), The Door Marked Summer ( 1981 ), Doors to the Mind and The Reluctant Jester ( 1992 ) are autobiographical.

Banana cream, pistachio, or almond cream with cherry water and damson or strawberry water are other options.

Other early German punk acts included the Fred Banana Combo and Pack.

Panama also is one of the founding members of the Union of Banana Exporting Countries and belongs to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

* 10-Canaan Banana, 67, first president of independent Zimbabwe.