halma
see also: Halma
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈhalmə/
Noun

halma (uncountable)

  1. (board game) A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
    • 1904, Saki, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:
      As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.
  2. In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.

Halma
Proper noun
  1. (game) A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares.
Proper noun
  1. A city in Minnesota.



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