Hamp, Eric P., “Varia I”, Ériu 24 (1973): 160–182.
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(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
Banba is a designation for Ireland as a whole, though “[o]rig. name of north Leinster = mag mBreg, hence from British compound *Banno-Magos [...] or from *ban-w-yā as a theonym” (eDIL s.v. Banba), as well as an eponymous character or personification who is said to have given her name to the island; sometimes mentioned along with two sisters, Ériu and Fódla, who did likewise.
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