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
Kuba	KUW-bah	Polish
Nino (1)	-	Italian
Mildred	MIL-drəd	English
Tryggve	-	Swedish
ØYvind	-	Norwegian
Goran	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian