"soroban" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sorobans [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 算盤 (soroban). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|算盤|tr=soroban}} Japanese 算盤 (soroban) Head templates: {{en-noun}} soroban (plural sorobans)
  1. A Japanese abacus derived from the Chinese suanpan. Wikipedia link: soroban
    Sense id: en-soroban-en-noun-HTO9RyoL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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