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Arimaa

Arimaa proper noun: a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules across an 8×8 board with the objective to get one rabbit to the opposite side, kill all the opponents rabbits on your turn, or make the opponent have no legal moves on their turn.

arimaa: a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules...
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Proper noun

Arimaa

  1. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules across an 8×8 board with the objective to get one rabbit to the opposite side, kill all the opponents rabbits on your turn, or make the opponent have no legal moves on their turn.

Origin of Arimaa

From Aamir, the name of the son of the inventor of the game (Omar Syed), spelled backwards, plus an initial a.

Questions about Arimaa

What does Arimaa mean?
Arimaa means a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules across an 8×8 board with the objective to get one rabbit to the opposite side, kill all the opponents rabbits on your turn, or make the opponent have no legal moves on their turn.
What part of speech is Arimaa?
Arimaa is a proper noun.

Words near Arimaa in the dictionary

  1. arilodes
  2. ariloid
  3. arils
  4. Arilundhoo
  5. ARIMA
  6. Arimaa
  7. Ariman
  8. Arimasp
  9. Arimaspi
  10. Arimaspian
  11. Arimaspians

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