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indian relay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
in-di-an re-lay
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.

Uncountable

noun

A race of that sport.

Countable

Etymology

From Indian (“Amerindian”) + relay (“relay race”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Indian relays (plural)

Questions

What does indian relay mean?
A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.
Where does indian relay come from?
From Indian (“Amerindian”) + relay (“relay race”).

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