Definition of "pelota" []

• Jai alai. (noun)
• The ball used in jai alai. (noun)

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• "I have used the Spanish word "pelota," but it merely means "ball," just as the Russian word "soviet" means nothing in the world but"
• "Baseball, known among Cubans as "pelota," the Spanish word for ball, is a source of national pride in Cuba and the country's successes on the field have been used as a promotional tool for its one-party socialist system."
• "It's an occasion as uniquely Ashleyian as pelota is Basque."