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Definition of regatta noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

regatta

noun
 
/rɪˈɡætə/
 
/rɪˈɡætə/,
 
/rɪˈɡɑːtə/
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  1. a sporting event in which races between rowing boats or sailing boats are heldTopics Sports: water sportsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRegatta is used after these nouns:
    • sailing
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian (Venetian dialect), literally ‘a fight, contest’.
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