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halma

halma

9.9
A board game where players move pieces across a board with squares to reach the other players' starting area
  • noun
: halma
  • The family gathered around the table to enjoy a lively match of halma on a rainy afternoon.

Examples

  • After learning the rules, we played a game of halma for hours, trying to outsmart each other.

  • He taught his friends how to play halma, explaining the strategy behind moving pieces across the board.

  • The auxiliary tasks used were problems from the Halma game (Chinese chess), chess problems, assembling bars in a specified manner, and so forth.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

board game
vshalma
49 1.7

A game where players move pieces on a board by following rules

is a specific game where pieces cross a checkered board to occupy opponent starting area

Surface Forms

halma singular
halmas plural

Etymology

Halma comes from an old Greek word halma meaning 'jump'. The name fits because the game is all about jumping your pieces across the board into the opponent's starting area.