"Altuve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Altuves [plural]
Etymology: After José Altuve, Venezuelan-American baseball player who stands five feet, five inches tall. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Altuve (plural Altuves)
  1. (baseball, slang) A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls. Wikipedia link: José Altuve Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball, Units of measure

Inflected forms

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