a town of Hungary, in the county of Szathmar, 28 miles E.S.E. of the town of that name. In the neighbourhood there are gold, silver, and lead mines; and the town contains a mint, a mint inspector's office, and a chief office for mining. Nagy-Banya has also manufactories of earthenware, linen and cotton factories, smelting furnaces; and an active trade in litharge, chestnuts, &c. Pop. 5300.