goban

See also: gōban

English

Etymology

From Japanese 碁盤 (goban).

Noun

goban (countable and uncountable, plural goban)

2. (board games) Alternative form of gobang (“strategy game”).
4. (board games) Alternative form of gobang (“board for playing go”).

Anagrams

• Bogan, Gabon, bogan, obang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi/Batavia Malay goban, from Hokkien 五萬 / 五万 (gō͘-bān), from 五 (gō͘) + 萬／万 (bān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.ban/
• Hyphenation: go‧ban

Numeral

goban

1. (colloquial) fifty thousand

   Synonym: lima puluh ribu

   Rokoknya goban sekarang?!

   The cigarettes now cost fifty thousand?!

Further reading

• “goban”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

goban

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごばん

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

goban

1. plural of gob