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Sampans

A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

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  1. 1

    A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

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samponounIn Finnish mythology, the SampoSometimes known as Sammas or Kirjokansi is a magical device or object described in many different ways that was constructed by the blacksmith and inventor Ilmarinen and that brought riches and good fortune to its holder, akin to the horn of plenty (cornucopia) of Greek mythology.
sampaguitanounArabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac).
sambasnoun(music) A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
sampsonnounSamson (semi-legendary Biblical judge).
chinampasnouna spoken word album by avant-garde jazz pianist Cecil Taylor on which he reads his poetry accompanied by the sound of bells, tympani, and small percussion.
sinapisnouna genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae.
sivasnounA province in central Turkey.
samarasnounThe winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
siamangnounA large black gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus, from Sumatra
samogonnounIn Russia, home-distilled illegal spirit, similar to vodka; moonshine.
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samsanounA Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.
tampannounAny of many species in the family Argasidae, the soft ticks.
kalapuyanounA Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.
sumpitannounThe sumpit.
saiminnounA Hawaiian noodle soup garnished with green onions.
sikangnounA former province of China.
sundanesenounA member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.
sesbanianoun(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Sesbania.
sampanounAn alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters, to work around text encoding problems before the introduction of Unicode.

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