"beautiful game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the beautiful game [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese jogo bonito. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|pt|jogo bonito}} Calque of Portuguese jogo bonito Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the beautiful game}} the beautiful game
  1. (sometimes capitalized) association football; soccer. Tags: capitalized, sometimes Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-beautiful_game-en-noun--X~Qn~Df Disambiguation of Football (soccer): 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (Canada) ice hockey. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-beautiful_game-en-noun-CAD-QaM9 Categories (other): Canadian English
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