Pelota Explained

Pelota (Spanish for ball) can refer to the popular and shortened names for a number of ball games:

• Basque pelota
• Chaza
• Jai alai
• Mesoamerican ballgame
• Palla
• Pelota mixteca
• Valencian pilota
• Frontenis
• Pétanque
• Racketlon
• Pelota (boat), an improvised skin boat for crossing rivers.