mancala
/manˈkɑːlə/(also mancalah, mankalah)
noun
A board game, originally Arabic but now common throughout Africa and Asia, played by two players on a board with rows of holes or hollows, having as its object the capture, or removal, of the opponent's pieces.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Archibald Lovell (fl. 1663–1687). From colloquial Arabic manqala (in literary Arabic minqala) ‘(device designed for) transfer (of board-game pieces from one position to another)’, ‘the game of mancala’ from naqala to transfer, remove, relocate.
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