   belote is a 32-card trick-taking game played in france, and is one of the most popular card games in that country. it was invented around 1920, probably from klaverjas, klaverjassen, a game played since at least the 17th century in the netherlands.coulon, jean-pierre, 2005, belote closely related games are played throughout the world, and its rules first published in 1921.enciclopedia de los juegos, ed. paidotribo, pg. 53, isbn 84-8019-717-x in bulgarian it is called bridge-belote (), in greece it is called bourlot (), in cyprus it is called pilotta (), in quebec the word was shortened to the first syllable and spelled bÅuf, and in croatian a similar game with different rules exists, called bela. in saudi arabia it is baloot. in bulgaria it is usually called belot (). in republic of macedonia it is belyot () and it is especially played in bitola region. belot in armenia, more commonly known as bazaar belote, is also a very popular game, and it is played in a slightly different way. it is also the number one card game in saudi arabia; although, the rules in the saudi version are very different from the rules generally played by in europe. within the game's terminology, belote is used to designate a pair of a king and a queen of a trump suit, possibly yielding the game's name itself. ==deck== thumb|right|a full german suit german style cards are used widely in former yugoslav countries for playing this card game. belote is played with a deck of 32 cards (a, k, q, j, 10, 9, 8, 7) ==rules== the game is played differently in different locations, but most versions share a considerable set of common rules.http://www.gametwist.com/web/help?id_topic=491 the rules below describe the common version of this game. a typical 32-card piquet deck is used, 4 suits with 8 ranks, or {[[suit (cards)|{{color|black|&am
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