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Halma Common

Halma has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases

2

A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.

Proper Noun
1

A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares.

2

A city in Minnesota.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
board game

Origin

The word halma comes from the Ancient Greek hálma, which means "leap."

Rhyming Words
alma elma calma bulma dolma colma wilma vilma hilma selma pelma delma talma salma palma dalma thelma scalma fidelma takelma
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