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ludo

British  
/ ˈluːdəʊ /

noun

  1. a simple board game in which players advance counters by throwing dice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ludo

C19: from Latin: I play

Example Sentences

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Rohit Gondwal, a psychiatrist, told Reuters they were also considering sending playing cards and board games such as ludo and chess.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2023

The officers say they sometimes play ludo and other board games with him to give him some company.

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2013

They kill time by playing ludo, and bonding over their shared travails.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2012

Questa es nula konference por formacar alianci, por dividar la preduri di milito, por repartar landi, por traktar homa enti, velut se li esud la gaji in un ludo di hazardo.

From Time Magazine Archive

De ludo Scacchorum seu de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ac popularium.

From Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by Caxton, William