Definitions for regatta

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regatta re·gat·ta

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

IPA: /rɪˈgæt ə, -ˈgɑ tə/

Regatta is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in regatta (aaegrtt).

Definitions for regatta

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 regatta

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 regatta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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