Halma

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
halma
    n 1: a board game in which players try to move their pieces into
         their opponent's bases
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Halma \Hal"ma\ (h[a^]l"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`lma, fr.
   "a`llesqai to leap.] (Greek Antiq.)
   The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most
   important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Halma \Hal"ma\ (h[a^]l"m[.a]), n.
   A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons
   with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from
   different corners and striving to place each his own set of
   men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by
   moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Halma, MN (city, FIPS 26612)
  Location: 48.66080 N, 96.59763 W
  Population (1990): 73 (40 housing units)
  Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 56729
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Halma, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    78
   Housing Units (2000): 38
   Land area (2000):     0.929404 sq. miles (2.407144 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.006477 sq. miles (0.016776 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.935881 sq. miles (2.423920 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26612
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             48.659758 N, 96.598504 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     56729
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Halma, MN
    Halma
    

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