battuta
[ buh-too-tuh; Italian baht-too-tah ]
noun,plural bat·tu·tas, bat·tu·te [buh-too-tey; Italian baht-too-te]. /bəˈtu teɪ; Italian bɑtˈtu tɛ/. Music.
a beat.
a measure.
Origin of battuta
11810–20; <Italian, feminine past participle of battere to beat <Latin battuere
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How to use battuta in a sentence
These items are recorded by a Moorish traveler, John battuta, who visited the spot six hundred years ago.
The Pearl of India | Maturin M. Ballou
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