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Meaning of mancala | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية منقلة
Français mancala
Português mancala

Examples

“Mameh could sit on the floor to play board games like mancala with her friends, or roll out a mat and lounge about.”

CEFR level

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