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mah-jongg definition

mah·-jongg or mahjong mah′·jong′ (mä′jôŋ′, -jäŋ′, -z̸hôŋ′, -z̸häŋ′)

noun

a game of Chinese origin played with 136 or 144 pieces called tiles: the object is to accumulate winning sets of these tiles

Etymology: < dial. form of Chin ma-ch'iao, lit., house sparrow, a figure on one of the tiles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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