Definition
A card game similar to rummy, played with a standard deck and involving forming melds of cards in sets or runs.
Etymology
From Spanish conquián, possibly derived from 'con quién' (with whom). The game traveled from Mexico and Spain to the United States during the 19th century, and the spelling anglicized over time.
Kelly Says
Cooncan shows how card games crossed cultural borders—Spanish conquistadors brought card games to Mexico, which then came north to the American West and got a new English spelling, making it a game with a Mexican-Spanish-English identity.
Translations
ARالعربية
كونكان
koon-kan
CACatalà
cooncan
koo-n-kan
CSČeština
cooncan
koo-n-kan
DADansk
cooncan
koo-n-kan
DEDeutsch
cooncan
koo-n-kan
ELΕλληνικά
κούνκαν
koon-kan
ESEspañol
coocan
koh-oh-kan
FISuomi
cooncan
koo-n-kan
FRFrançais
cooncan
koo-n-kan
HUMagyar
cooncan
koo-n-kan
IDBahasa Indonesia
cooncan
koo-n-kan
ITItaliano
cooncan
koo-n-kan
MSBahasa Melayu
cooncan
koo-n-kan
MYမြန်မာ
cooncan
koo-n-kan
NLNederlands
cooncan
koo-n-kan
NONorsk
cooncan
koo-n-kan
PLPolski
cooncan
koo-n-kan
PTPortuguês
cooncan
koo-n-kan
RORomână
cooncan
koo-n-kan
SVSvenska
cooncan
koo-n-kan
SWKiswahili
cooncan
koo-n-kan
TAதமிழ்
குன்னக்கன்
kun-na-kan
TEతెలుగు
కున్నకన్
kun-na-kan
TRTürkçe
cooncan
koo-n-kan
UKУкраїнська
кункан
kun-kan
VITiếng Việt
cooncan
koo-n-kan