American football

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Noun

American football (uncountable) (UK, Ireland, AU, NZ, South Africa)

1. A game similar to rugby football played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide (with two 10 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball into each other's territory.

Synonyms

• American handegg
• handegg

Translations

• Canada: football

  French: football américain

• German: American Football, ^{(please verify)} Amerikanisher Fußball m
• Italian: football americano
• Portuguese: futebol americano
• Russian: америка́нский футбо́л
• Spanish: fútbol americano, fútbol estadounidense

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