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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

バックギャモン

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bakkugyamon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Backgammon/ˈbækˌɡæm.ən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は友達とバックギャモンで遊んだ。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A board game for two players in which each has fifteen pieces which are moved along twenty-four triangles according to the throw of two dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board.

    "They spent the evening playing backgammon by the fireplace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from Middle English, combining 'back' (in the sense of backward or returning) and 'gammon' (from Middle English 'gamen', meaning game or play). It was first recorded in the mid-17th century, replacing the older Middle English term 'tables' for the ancient board game.

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