Banat

[ ban-it, bah-nit ]

/ ˈbæn ɪt, ˈbɑ nɪt /

a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.

Origin of Banat

< Serbo-Croatian Bànāt < Medieval Latin Banātus ( Temesiēnsis); see ban³, -ate³

Roumanian, or Wallack, in all parts of Transylvania, and a few in the Banat.

The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany |C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice
On October 29, 1918, one could say that all military power in the Banat was at an end.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
And that does not take into account the western Banat and other Yugoslav territories.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
They were founded after all, he said, for the people of the Banat and of those a majority were now Roumanian.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 |Henry Baerlein

The Banat had been an apple of discord ever since the close of hostilities.

The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference |Emile Joseph Dillon

Banat

/ (ˈbænɪt, ˈbɑːnɪt) /

a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia