1) Type of country subdivision 
Bandon is the name of several places Bandon may also refer to: ...[Byzantine Empire] The bandon (βάνδον) was the basic military and territorial administrative unit of the middle Byzantine Empire. Its name derived from Latin bandum, `ensign, banner`, which in turn had a Germanic origin. The term was used already in the 6th century as a term for a battle standard, and soon came to be applied to the un...
• (n.) Disposal; control; license.
town, County Cork, Ireland, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Cork. Founded in 1608 by Richard Boyle, later Earl of Cork, Bandon was initially populated ...
Late Roman military unit.
Ban'don noun [ Old French bandon . See Abandon .] Disposal; control; license. [ Obsolete] Rom. of R.