OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 56919

patolli

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patole
A board game, similar to pachisi, played by the Aztecs.
Mesoamericans played a game called patolli, which has been likened to parcheesi.[…]Post-Conquest accounts also indicate patolli had religious meaning, and calendrical, numerologica…
There is also the resemblance between the Hindu game of pachesi and the Mexica patolli, so close as to be virtually identical.
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