Editing Jai alai (section)

{{Short description|Type of sport}}

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| image=Jai alai players.jpg
| imagesize=250px
| caption= Jai alai play in progress
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| first=14th century
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| team= Various
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| category= Indoor–outdoor
| ball= [[Ball|pelota]], [[xistera]]/cesta
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'''Jai alai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aɪ|.|ə|l|aɪ}} {{respell|HYE|ə|lye}}: {{IPA|eu|ˈxai aˈlai|}}) is a Basque sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held [[wicker]], commonly referred to as a ''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 (court)|fronton]] (the open-walled playing area) where matches take place. The game, whose name means "merry festival" in Basque, is called ''zesta-punta'' ("basket tip") in the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]]. The sport is played worldwide, but especially in [[Spain]], [[France]], the U.S. state of [[Florida]], and [[Baja California |Baja California.]]