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Meaning of "halma" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HALMA

From Greek halma leap, from hallesthai to leap.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HALMA

halma  [ˈhælmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALMA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halma is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

halma

Halma

Halma is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game Hoppity which was devised in 1854. The gameboard is checkered and divided into 16×16 squares. Pieces may be small checkers or counters, or wooden or plastic cones or men resembling small chess pawns. Piece colors are typically black and white for two-player games, and various colors or other distinction in games for four players.

Definition of halma in the English dictionary

The definition of halma in the dictionary is a board game in which players attempt to transfer their pieces from their own to their opponents' bases.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALMA


alma
ˈælmə
almah
ˈælmə
alme
ˈælmə
almeh
ˈælmə
dolma
ˈdɒlmə
filmer
ˈfɪlmə
fulmar
ˈfʊlmə
helmer
ˈhɛlmə
microfilmer
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɪlmə
palmar
ˈpælmə
pelma
ˈpɛlmə
talma
ˈtælmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALMA

hallucinative
hallucinator
hallucinatory
hallucinogen
hallucinogenic
hallucinosis
hallux
hallux valgus
hallway
halm
Halmahera
Halmstad
halo
halo effect
halo-like
halobiont
halobiontic
halobiotic
halocarbon
halocline

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALMA

Alabama
cama
cinema
drama
emma
La Palma
lama
Lima
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mama
Nama
Obama
Oklahoma
Palma
Panama
Roma
sama
Tema
thema
ultima

Synonyms and antonyms of halma in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «halma» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALMA

Find out the translation of halma to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of halma from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halma» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

豪迈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

halma
570 millions of speakers

English

halma
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

HALMA
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هالما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Уголки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

halma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Halma
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

halma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halma
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハルマ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

halma
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Halma
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Halma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

halma
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हल्मा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

halma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

halma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

куточки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Halma
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Halma
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Halma
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Halma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Halma
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halma

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALMA»

The term «halma» is regularly used and occupies the 104.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALMA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «halma» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «halma» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halma

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALMA»

Discover the use of halma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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HTML5: Up and Running
Remember the Halma game that we introduced in Chapter 4 (see “A Complete Example” on page 75) and later improved by saving state with persistent local storage (see “HTML5 Storage in Action” on page 132)? Let's take our Halma game ...
Mark Pilgrim, 2010
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Ambiguous Angels: Gender in the Novels of Galdós
Pedralba, which Halma envisioned as a place where order would be restored and people restored to their rightful selves, works its healing magic in the end against its transgressive female founder. In the contemporary novels of the 1890s  ...
Catherine Jagoe, 1994
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Japan and the Dutch 1600-1853
years and was completed on 18 February I796.44 Its primary source was Nieuw Nederduitsch en Fransch woordenboek (Amsterdam, 1717) by Francois Halma ( 1653-1722), a book dealer and publisher at Utrecht.45 The work of Sampaku and  ...
Grant K. Goodman, 2013
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HTML5_ Up and Running:
Remember the Halma game that we introduced in Chapter 4 (see “A Complete Example” on page 75) and later improved by saving state with persistent local storage (see “HTML5 Storage in Action” on page 132)? Let's take our Halma game ...
CompX Digital
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The Berlin Refuge, 1680-1780: Learning and Science in ...
The publisher Francois Halma (1653-1722) was a major translator of writings by first-generation Huguenot refugees. Apart from Jurieu, he translated work by Henri Basnage de Beauval, as well as Pierre Bayle's entry for Spinoza in the first  ...
Sandra Pott, Sandra Richter, Martin Mulsow, 2003
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Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870
Four maps of “the development of Europe,” including the earliest reconstruction of the “migrations of nations.” 124. Halma, 1700. François Halma, Description de tout l'univers (Amsterdam, 1700 [1709]). G—Koeman, 2:127. No. 3, Heptarchy.
Walter Goffart, 2003
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The Failure and the Future of Accounting: Strategy, ...
Clearly, a significant part of the cashbalanceheldby Halma over time has been in the nature of an opportunities fund. ISHALMAA GOOD BUY? Table 7.7 gives Halma's 4S comprehensive balance sheets for the five years to 2009. Table 7.7 ...
Professor David Hatherly, 2013
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Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the ...
Hugh M. Lee No consensus has existed as to whether the ancient Greek long jump, the halma, was a running or a standing jump; indeed, eminent scholars are arrayed on each side of the issue.1 The matter has remained in doubt because ...
Gerald P. Schaus, Stephen R. Wenn, 2007
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Visions of Filth: Deviancy and Social Control in the Novels ...
(1803) When the three women try to obtain money from Halma for their upper- class charitable enterprises and Halma denies it to them, they are bewildered and angry. Consuelo Feramor associates Halma's revolutionary way of practising  ...
Teresa Fuentes Peris, 2003
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Petrus Van Mastricht (1630-1706): Reformed Orthodoxy : ...
39. Disputationum practicarum de desertione spirituali, pars quinta, resp. Johannes Chasse. Utrecht: Franciscus Halma, 1684. 40. De dispensatione foederis gratiæ sub Patriarchis, ex Theologiæ Theoretico- Practicæ propediem ex ituræ libro ...
Adriaan Cornelis Neele, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halma is used in the context of the following news items.
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Halma, WH Smith among FTSE 250 stocks going ex-div on July 16
Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) HALMA 7.31 NB GLOBAL FLOATING RATE INC ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
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Halma plc Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages (LON:HLMA)
Halma plc logo Halma plc (LON:HLMA) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
3
Hanovia Awarded €3.9m for UV Development Project
The company is a subsidiary of Halma plc. Company contact and reader enquiries: Gunvinder Bhogal Marketing Manager Hanovia Ltd «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
4
New report shares details about the global industry analysis and …
... Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Hitech Instruments Ltd, Ametek Inc., Emerson Electric Co.,Halma Plc, Trolex Ltd,GE Measurement & Control, ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
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Weekly Analysts' Ratings Updates for Halma plc (HLMA)
7/8/2015 – Halma plc had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Group. They now have a GBX 880 ($13.69) price target on the stock ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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Halma plc Receives Buy Rating from Jefferies Group (HLMA)
Halma plc logo Halma plc (LON:HLMA)'s stock had its “buy” rating restated by research analysts at Jefferies Group in a report released on ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
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Senior Spotlight: 10-letter winner Kraus had stellar running career at …
She was also part of the 4x200-meter relay team with Lexie Halma, Kirsten Williams and Taylor Brandt that took third with a time of 1:51.93. «hngnews.com, Jul 15»
8
Biz award winners in Southern Arizona
... and controllers received the “Best Product” prize in an innovation competition run by its parent company, Halma plc, a hazard detection firm. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
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FLASH: JP Morgan Cazenove retains underweight on Halma, target …
FLASH: JP Morgan Cazenove retains underweight on Halma, target raised from 600p to 625p. 6 July 2015 | 10:37am. StockMarketWire.com - Story provided by ... «Stock Market Wire, Jul 15»
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RED RIVER ROADTRIP: Lake Bronson home to county-wide …
... Bronson's neighboring small towns, Hallock, Halma, Karlstad, Kennedy, Humboldt, Donaldson, Noyes, St. Vincent, Lancaster and Northcote. «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»

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