"soba" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsəʊbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊbə/ [General-American], /ˈsɐʉbɘ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soba.wav Forms: sobas [plural]
enPR: sōʹbə [Received-Pronunciation], sōʹbə [General-American], sōʹbə [New-Zealand] Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊbə, (General American) -oʊbə Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|蕎麦|tr=soba}} Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soba (countable and uncountable, plural sobas)
  1. A Japanese buckwheat noodle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants Translations (Japanese buckwheat noodle): سُوبَا (sūbā) [feminine] (Arabic), سُوبَا (sobā) [feminine] (Arabic), 蕎麥麵 (Chinese Cantonese), 荞麦面 (kiu⁴ mak⁶ min⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 蕎麥麵條 (Chinese Mandarin), 荞麦面条 (qiáomài miàntiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 蕎麥麵 (Chinese Mandarin), 荞麦面 (qiáomàimiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), soba (Finnish), soba [masculine] (French), Soba [neuter] (German), 蕎麦 (soba) (alt: そば) (Japanese), 소바 (soba) (Korean), سوبا (sobâ) [masculine] (Persian), soba [masculine] (Portuguese), со́ба (sóba) [feminine] (Russian), soba [masculine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: sobas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soba (plural sobas)
  1. A traditional community leader in Angola.
    Sense id: en-soba-en-noun-BW8QTCEd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 20 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 20 entries: 8 10 5 31 3 2 2 2 3 31 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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