balaban
Speech parts
1. balaban - Noun
2. Balaban - Proper noun
Meaning
balaban (plural balabans)
An Azerbaijani wind instrument made of wood.
Balaban (plural Balabans)
A surname.
Examples
BALABAN: She lives about a five-minute walk from the water with two feral cats named Gladys Knight and Mr. Stussy (ph) and her husband.
Balaban and Katz had developed the Wonder Theater concept, first publicized around 1918 in Chicago.
The film, directed by and starring George Clooney, features an all-star cast that includes Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin and Bob Balaban.
Those talents landed him the position of chief costume designer with the Balaban and Katz movie-theatre chain, Chicago’s biggest exhibitor.
The voice cast also includes Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Greta Gerwig, and Yoko Ono.
While Balaban and Public were dominant in Chicago, Loew's was the big player in New York, and did not want the Publix theaters to overshadow theirs.