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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HALMA

Hal "ma, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.)

 

Defn: The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

halma

halma |ˈhalmə | noun [ mass noun ] a game played by two or four people using a board of 256 squares, with pieces advancing from one corner to the opposite corner by being moved over other pieces into vacant squares. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek, literally leap .

 

Halmahera

Halmahera |ˌhalməˈhɪərə | the largest of the Molucca Islands.

 

Oxford Dictionary

halma

halma |ˈhalmə | noun [ mass noun ] a game played by two or four people using a board of 256 squares, with pieces advancing from one corner to the opposite corner by being moved over other pieces into vacant squares. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek, literally leap .

 

Halmahera

Halmahera |ˌhalməˈhɪərə | the largest of the Molucca Islands.

 

Duden Dictionary

Halma

Hal ma Substantiv, Neutrum , das |H a lma |griechisch hálma = Sprung Brettspiel für 2 –4 Personen, bei dem jeder Spieler seine Steine möglichst schnell auf die gegenüberliegende Seite des Spielfeldes zu bringen versucht