Definitions for jai alai
ˈhaɪ ˌlaɪ, ˈhaɪ əˌlaɪ, ˌhaɪ əˈlaɪjai alai

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1. jai alai, pelotanoun

   a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

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1. jai alainoun

   a Basque ball game in which the players propel the ball using a long basket attached to the wrist

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1. Jai alai

   Jai alai (: [ˈxai aˈlai]) is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker cesta. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term jai alai, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where matches take place. The game, whose name means "merry festival" in Basque, is called cesta-punta ("basket tip") in the Basque Country. The sport is played worldwide, but especially in Spain, France, and in various Latin American countries.

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1. jai alai

   Jai Alai is a sport, popular in Spain and parts of Latin America, that involves bouncing a ball off a walled space by accelerating it to high speeds with a handheld device called a cesta. Codeveloped on a court called a fronton, its objective is to hit the ball in a way that the opponent cannot return it. It is often used as a betting event in various parts of the world.

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1. Jai alai

   Jai alai is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space. It is a variety of Basque pelota. The term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton where the sport is played. The game is called "zesta-punta" in Basque. The Basque Government promotes jai alai as "the fastest sport in the world because of the balls" and once held the world record for ball speed with a 125g–140g ball covered with goatskin that traveled at 302 km/h, performed by José Ramón Areitio at the Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island, until it was broken by Canadian long drive champion Jason Zuback on an episode of Sport Science in July 2009 with a golf ball speed of 328 km/h.

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How to pronounce jai alai?

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jai alai in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jai alai in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of jai alai in a Sentence

1. Inaki Goitiandia:

   This is the only place where you can make a living playing jai alai.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jai alai
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jai_Alai
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Alai
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=jai alai