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English

Flying Banana

From flying (“capable of speed”) + banana (in reference to its yellow colour).

A compound of flying ‘capable of speed’ + banana

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’

Old English flēogan ‘to fly’

Middle English fleynge

English flying

Portuguese banana ‘banana (fruit)’

English banana

Today it means

name The New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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