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Originally Posted by modenacart
gluai nam waa nuan jan = Gauy Namwah?
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Namwa is a namesake and former region of Burma. The Thai name Kluay Namwa is phonetically quite old and thought to mean Banana from Burma. The name "gluai nam waa nuan jan" might refer to one of many sports of this banana. In Thai, "nuan" means "blessed". It has also happened that banana plants were imported from Burma to India, and then later to Thailand where the Thai people adopted the Hindu name for the banana in their own language. So just to make it interesting, the name "Kluay Namwa Hom" might refer to a very fragrant sport of the original Kluay Namwa, or a very different fragrant banana from Burma. Researchers use genotype + phenotype analysis to try and sort this out. In the meantime, you can be assured they are yummy bananas!
