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Fronton

Fronton \Fron`ton"\, n. [F., a pediment. See Front.] (Arch.) Same as Frontal, 2.

Wiktionary
fronton

n. A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.

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Fronton, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 599
Housing Units (2000): 218
Land area (2000): 4.305608 sq. miles (11.151472 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.305608 sq. miles (11.151472 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27744
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 26.413677 N, 99.082187 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fronton, TX
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Wikipedia
Fronton (court)

A Fronton (; or ; ) is a two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.

Fronton

Fronton may refer to:

  • Fronton, Haute-Garonne, a French commune in Haute-Garonne
  • Fronton, Texas, a small community in Starr County, Texas
  • Fronton (court), court used as playing area for Basque pelota
  • Paleta Frontón is a Peruvian sport that was born in the capital Lima in 1945

Usage examples of "fronton".

There were no boulders at this newer end of the Chaos, only raw young slab, many of which were the size of village frontons, some standing on end, some flat, some tilted at unlikely angles, some jetting out over voids for three-fourths of their length, held up by the cantilevering weight of another slab.