Mah-jongg
[mah-jawng, -jong, -zhawng, -zhong] /ˈmɑˈdʒɔŋ, -ˈdʒɒŋ, -ˈʒɔŋ, -ˈʒɒŋ/
noun
1.
a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
verb (used without object)
2.
to win a game of mah-jongg.
n.
1922, from dialectal Chinese (Shanghai) ma chiang, name of the game, literally “sparrows,” from ma “hemp” + chiang “little birds.” The game so called from the design of the pieces. It had a vogue in Europe and the U.S. in the 1920s and for a time threatened to supplant bridge in popularity.
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