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regatta

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re·gat·ta  (r-gät, -gt)
n.
A boat race or a series of boat races.

[Italian dialectal, a contention, regatta, from regattare, to contend, perhaps from recatare, to sell again, compete, from Vulgar Latin *recaptre, to contend : Latin re-, re- + Latin captre, to seek to catch, frequentative of capere, to seize; see catch.]

regatta [rɪˈgætə]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Sailing) an organized series of races of yachts, rowing boats, etc.
[from obsolete Italian (Venetian dialect) rigatta contest, of obscure origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.regattaregatta - a meeting for boat races            
meet, sports meeting - a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Translations
regatta [rɪˈgætə] Nregata f

regatta [rɪˈgætə] nrégate f

regatta
nRegatta f

regatta [rɪˈgætə] nregata
regatta [rɪˈgætə] nregata

regatta
n regatta [rəˈgӕtə]
a meeting for yacht or (usually small) boat races. regatta سِباق اليُخوت او القَوارِب регата regata regatta die Regatta ιστιοπλοϊκοί αγώνες regata regatt مسابقه قایقرانی regatta régate(s) תַחֲרוּת שַיִט नौका दौड़ regata regatta lomba layar kappróður/-sigling regata ボートレース 보트 경기 regata regate mesyuarat perlumbaan kapal layar regatta regatta regaty regata regată регата regata regata regata regatta การแข่งเรือ yat/yelkenli yarışı 划船比賽 регата کشتی دوڑ cuộc đua thuyền buồm , 舟会


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Count Bennigsen, being a landowner in the Vilna province, offered his country house for the fete, and the thirteenth of June was fixed for a ball, dinner, regatta, and fireworks at Zakret, Count Bennigsen's country seat.
We could not, in all conscience, have picked out a better day for our regatta had we had the free choice of all the days that ever dawned upon the lonely struggles and solitary agonies of ships since the Norse rovers first steered to the westward against the run of Atlantic waves.
He did not know why, but the conversation would not lead in the right direction; he had decided that the first thing to do was to put his arm round her waist; but he could not suddenly put his arm round her waist when she was talking of the regatta which was to be held next week.
 
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