Definition of "Banks"

Banks¹

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Bankses
1. An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
  Quotations
  Sir John being asked if he offered to put another name in his stead, he believes he did, and that Mr. Banks said, it might stand in his own name; he likewise said, he believed the colonel did not know it was the Company's stock, he having never told him it was, as he remembers.
  1811, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England
2. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A town in Pike County, Alabama.
  2. A town in Bradley County, Arkansas.
  3. A census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho.
  4. A township in Fayette County, Iowa.
  5. A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
  6. A city in Washington County, Oregon.
  7. A township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
  8. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
4. A small village in Burtholme parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5664).
5. A large village in North Meols parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3920).
6. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Banks²

proper noun
1. plural of Bank