fanorona
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fanorona (uncountable)
- The national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers/draughts
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From Malagasy.
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fanorona m (uncountable)
- the national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers / draughts
- 2015 August 17, William Audureau, “E-fanorona, la « fierté » de île Rouge”, in Le Monde[1]:
- Le fanorona possède en effet une particularité rare dans les jeux de tableau : la prise un pion adverse est possible aussi bien en avançant qu’en reculant.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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fanorona
- The national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers / draughts