Banat n. : The territory governed by a ban.

Example:
Have you read the book Girls of Riyadh (Banat al-Riyadh) by Rajaa AlSanea?

Taxonomy
Banat, Romanian, Hungarians, Romania, 1918, Serbian Banat, Banat region, province, population, counties, Serbia, Germans, Serbs, Avar, Banat of Temeswar, Carpathian basin, 1941, Timişoara.

Defination from the web:
Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in Romania ... Thus, Banat may be translated loosely as "province" ...