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alquerque

alquerque noun: an ancient strategy board game, an ancestor of checkers, thought to have originated in the Middle East.

Noun

alquerque (uncountable)

  1. An ancient strategy board game, an ancestor of checkers, thought to have originated in the Middle East.

Origin of alquerque

From Spanish alquerque, from Arabic القرقات.

Questions about alquerque

What does alquerque mean?
Alquerque means an ancient strategy board game, an ancestor of checkers, thought to have originated in the Middle East.
What part of speech is alquerque?
Alquerque is a noun.

Words near alquerque in the dictionary

  1. Alpuente
  2. Alpujarra
  3. Alpujarran
  4. Alpujarras
  5. alqueire
  6. alquerque
  7. alquifou
  8. alquifoux
  9. alr
  10. Alrakis
  11. alrdy

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