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FIELD HOCKEY [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Hockey
DEF

An outdoor game played on a closely cut grass or hard dirt surface with a ball by two opposing teams of 11 players on each side, using hooked or bent sticks.

OBS

field hockey: official term of the Pan American Games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur gazon
OBS

En plus de se pratiquer sur glace ou sur gazon, le hockey se joue de plus en plus à l'intérieur, sur parquet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hockey sobre hierba
DEF

Deporte entre dos equipos, consistente en introducir en la portería contraria una pelota [...] impulsada por un bastón curvo en su parte inferior, y que se practica en un campo de hierba [...]

OBS

hockey sobre césped: término oficial de los Juegos Panamericanos.

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