Short for 'mah-jongg,' an ancient Chinese tile-based game for four players that involves strategy, memory, and luck.
From Chinese má jiàng, where 'má' refers to a sparrow; the game emerged during the Qing Dynasty (around 1800s) and spread worldwide in the 1920s.
Mah-jongg became a huge craze in America in the 1920s, and it was one of the first Asian games to achieve mainstream popularity in the West—it even inspired a jazz song called 'Mah-Jongg' in 1924.
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