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Meaning of Halma | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhalmə

Definitions

  1. A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares.
  2. A city in Minnesota.
  3. A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
  4. In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.

Equivalents

العربية هالما
Deutsch Halma
Français Halma
Bahasa Indonesia halma

Examples

“As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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