face-off

n. a confrontation. (From hockey.) The face-off continued for a few moments till both of them realized that there was no point in fighting.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adorinda	ah-do-REEN-dah	Esperanto
Wilton	WIL-tən	English
Grgur	-	Croatian
VladimÍRa	-	Czech, Slovak
Elkanah	el-KAYN-ə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
GermÁN	-	Spanish