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| Domain | Definition |
Sports & Leisure | Game played with dice and counters on a board divided into two tables each marked with 12 points in which each player tries to move his own counters from point to point and off the board toying at the same time to block or capture those of his opponent. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The evening began at the gentlemen's club, where we were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Play a game of backgammon (or "acey-ducey") in the Fighter Squadron 32 ready room, on board USS Leyte, 12 April 1949. Other squadron pilots are relaxing in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "GAME OF BACKGAMMON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | backgammon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jacquetspel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | jeu de jacquet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Puffspiel (backgammon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | τάβλι (backgammon, checkers, gammon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | giacchetto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amegay ofay ackgammonbay jogo do gamão. (various references) juego de chaquete. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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