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battuta
[ buh-too-tuh; Italian baht-too-tah ]
noun
, Music.
, plural bat·tu·tas, bat·tu·te [b, uh, -, too, -tey, baht-, too, -te].
- a beat.
- a measure.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of battuta1
1810–20; < Italian, feminine past participle of battere to beat < Latin battuere
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Example Sentences
These items are recorded by a Moorish traveler, John Battuta, who visited the spot six hundred years ago.
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