In Italian, "basketball" is la pallacanestro. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn Italian, "basketball" is la pallacanestro. It is a noun. The word is spelled la pallacanestro and pronounced as written, following Italian pronunciation rules.
Italian nouns are either masculine or feminine. The gender of la pallacanestro is reflected in its article: il/lo (masculine) or la (feminine).
Use la pallacanestro as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In Italian, word order and agreement rules determine how la pallacanestro fits into a sentence.
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