fanorona

English

Fanorona starting setup

Etymology

Malagasy fanorona

Noun

fanorona (uncountable)

1. The national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers/draughts

Translations

board game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迂棋 (yūqí)

• French: fanorona m

French

Etymology

From Malagasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.nɔ.ʁɔ.na/

Noun

fanorona m (uncountable)

1. 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)

Malagasy

Noun

fanorona

1. The national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers / draughts

Descendants

• → English: fanorona
• → French: fanorona