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mancalas

mancalas is the plural of mancala.

Meaning of mancala

Noun

mancala (countable and uncountable, plural mancalas)

  1. (board games) 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.
    • Mameh could sit on the floor to play board games like mancala with her friends, or roll out a mat and lounge about.2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 109

Questions about mancalas

What is mancalas the plural of?
Mancalas is the plural of mancala.

Words near mancalas in the dictionary

  1. Manc
  2. manca
  3. mancae
  4. mancake
  5. mancala
  6. mancalas
  7. mancalline
  8. mancart
  9. mancarts
  10. mancatcher
  11. mancatchers

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