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mancala noun. M19.
[Colloq. Arab. man&kdbelow;ala, from na&kdbelow;ala remove, take away.]
A board game for two players, originally Arabic but now common throughout Africa and Asia, played on a special board with rows of holes or hollows, and having as its object the capture of the opponent's pieces.