Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game played on a board containing two or more rows of cup-shaped holes in which pebbles are placed and transferred from hole to hole according to certain rules.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun games, board games A generic name applied to various board games in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits
- noun games A synonym for Kalah, a mancala game invented in the USA in 1940
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Examples
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This game, generally known among scientific men by the name mancala, is of the widest distribution.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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There is no one game with the name mancala; instead mancala is a type, or designation, of game.
KDE TechBase - Recent changes [en] 85.218.171.78 2009
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There is no one game with the name mancala; instead mancala is a type, or designation, of game.
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In the USA, however, "mancala" is often used as a synonym for the game Kalah.
KDE TechBase - Recent changes [en] 85.218.171.78 2009
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In the USA, however, "mancala" is often used as a synonym for the game Kalah.
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but it wasn't always this way. you know the game 'mancala'?
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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but it wasn't always this way. you know the game 'mancala'?
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are... 2006
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No one wears a watch, the school bell signals mealtime of generous portions, music is always playing, children dance and sing upon will, and young ones play makeshift mancala on the ground.
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It's not like they don't know about games though - because I found Wim van Bimsburgen's mancala & etc. in the midst of a bibliography and he's pretty goddess friendly.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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"It would hurt, Total, " said Angel, studying the mancala game.
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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