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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halma
       n : a board game in which players try to move their pieces into
           their opponent's bases

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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) [gaz-place]:

  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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