How to pronounce mancala
American English pronunciation
mahn-KAH-luh
- IPA
- /mɑnˈkɑlə/
- Syllables
- mahn · KAH · luh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- MAHNG-kuh-luh
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What mancala means
A board game of moving seeds around rows of little pits
In a sentence: Grandma taught us mancala, and we dropped seeds into the little cups one by one.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from an Arabic word. People in Africa and Asia have played games like it for hundreds of years.
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