Mangan

//ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise. Japanese

    "Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    A district of Sikkim, India.

Example

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"Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mongáin (“descendant of Mongán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of mongach (“maned, long-haired”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 満貫 (mangan), an orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 滿貫 /满贯 (mǎnguàn).

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