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man·ca·la
\mänˈkälə, ˈmäŋkələ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Arabic manqalah, from naqala to move
: any of various games that are widely played in Africa and southern Asia and in areas (as part of Oceania or of the New World) influenced by African or Asiatic cultures and that involve competition between two players in the distribution of pieces (as beans or pebbles) into rows of holes or pockets (as in a board) under various rules that permit accumulation of pieces by capture — called also wari; see chuba |