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Regatta

//ɹɪˈɡætə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race. countable

    "[…] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions."

  2. 2
    a meeting for boat races wordnet
  3. 3
    A striped cotton fabric. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata (“boat race, regatta”), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

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