Mancala
noun
a board game with 2-to-4 rows of pits in which seed or stone game pieces are placed and the opponent seeks to capture them; also called kalaha , bao , chisolo , oware , awari , pallanguli , wari
Word Origin
Arabic nakala ‘to move’
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