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

regatta

noun

/rɪˈɡætə/

/rɪˈɡætə/,

/rɪˈɡɑːtə/

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a sporting event in which races between rowing boats or sailing boats are heldTopics Sports: water sportsc2
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Regatta 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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