Definitions for regattas

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regattas re·gat·ta

Spelling: [ri-gat-uh, -gah-tuh]

IPA: /rɪˈgæt ə, -ˈgɑ tə/

Regattas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in regattas (aaegrstt).

Definitions for regattas

noun

1. a boat race, as of rowboats, yachts, or other vessels.
2. an organized series of such races.
3. (originally) a gondola race in Venice.
4. a strong, striped cotton fabric that is of twill weave.

Origin of regattas

1645-55; Upper Italian (Venetian) regatta, regata, perhaps ≪ Vulgar Latin *recaptāre to contend, equivalent to *re- re- + *captāre to try to seize; see Examples for regattas

It was the first regatta of the kind, and doubtless it will be the last.

This was the race of the regatta, and excited much interest.

Given by the regatta committee for the benefit of the Life-boat, sir.

I asked him why he never entered the Halcyone for the Galway regatta.

And yet you got two hundred and thirty for a regatta in June last!

No boat-race or regatta ever began at the time appointed for the start.

This was the day appointed for the first regatta of the Yacht Club.

It is a regatta, a free-for-all, devil-take-the-hindmost affair.

It is a fine night for a regatta, and I will stand you a pound on Mr. Handlead's heels.

The Shepards were a family we first met at a regatta in Portland Harbor.