HALMA

halma

(noun) a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent’s bases

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Halma

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Halma

A city in Minnesota.

Anagrams

• Hamal, Mahal, almah, amlah, hamal, mahal

Etymology

Noun

halma (uncountable)

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

In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.

Anagrams

• Hamal, Mahal, almah, amlah, hamal, mahal

Source: Wiktionary

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Hal"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.)

Definition: The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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