Definitions for halma
hal·ma

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. halmanoun

   a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. halmanoun

   A board game invented by in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.

2. Etymology: From ἅλμα.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Halma

   Halma (from the Greek word ἅλμα meaning "jump") is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game Hoppity which was devised in 1854.The gameboard is checkered and divided into 16×16 squares. Pieces may be small checkers or counters, or wooden or plastic cones or men resembling small chess pawns. Piece colors are typically black and white for two-player games, and various colors or other distinction in games for four players.

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1. halma

   Halma is a strategic board game invented in the late 1800s. The objective of the game is to move all of one's pieces across the hexagon-shaped board into the opposing player's corner before the opponent does the same. The game can be played by two to four players. The game allows each player to move their piece one space in any direction or to jump over other pieces, their own or their opponent's.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Halmanoun

   the long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon

2. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. "a`lma, fr. "a`llesqai to leap.]

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1. Halma

   Halma is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, George Howard Monks. The inspiration was an English game called Hoppity, which was devised in 1854. Playing equipment consists of a checkered board divided into 16×16 squares. Pieces may be small checkers or counters, or wooden or plastic cones or men resembling small chess pawns. Piece colors are typically black and white for two-player games, and of various colours or other distinction in games of four players.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Halma

   hal′ma, n. a game played on a checkered board of 256 squares, by two or four persons, with thirteen to nineteen men each—also Hoppity: in the Greek pentathlon the long jump with weights in the hands. [Gr.,—hallesthai, to leap.]

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1. HALMA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Halma is ranked #102688 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Halma surname appeared 175 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Halma.
   
   95.4% or 167 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Board Game

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for halma »

1. almah

2. Hamal

3. hamal

4. Mahal

5. mahal

How to pronounce halma?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say halma in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of halma in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of halma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=halma
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Halma
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halma
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halma
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=halma
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=halma
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=halma