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Definition of mahjong noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mahjong

noun
 
/mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/
 
/mɑːˈʒɑːŋ/
(also mahjongg especially in North American English)
[uncountable] (from Chinese)
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  1. a Chinese game played with small pieces of wood with symbols on themTopics Games and toysc2
    Word Originfrom Chinese dialect ma-tsiang, literally ‘sparrows’.
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