Pelota
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Pelota (in Basque,
pilota) is a name for a variety of court
sports played with a
ball using one's hand, a
racket, a wooden bat (
pala), or a basket propulsor, against a
wall (
front? in Spanish,
frontoi in Basque). They derive from
real tennis (see
Jeu de Paume) and are widely played among
Basques and their neighbours. To foreign spectators, it may appear as
squash in a larger court.
See also jai alai, frontenis, trinquete