SAMPAN


Meaning of SAMPAN in English

/ ˈsæmpæn; NAmE / noun

a small boat with a flat bottom used along the coast and rivers of China

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Chinese san-ban , from san three + ban board.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.