koban

See also: kōban

English

Etymology 1

Japanese 小判 (こばん, koban)

Alternative forms

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

  1. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.

Etymology 2

Japanese 交番 (こうばん, kōban)

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

  1. A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.

Anagrams


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kȏb (fate, omen) + -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôːban/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ban

Adjective

kȏban (definite kȏbnī, Cyrillic spelling ко̑бан)

  1. fatal, baleful, ominous
  2. tragic, unlucky

Declension

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