: a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
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Hosting prestigious sailing regattas, running a sailing training academy, and providing a restaurant and event space for its more than 800 members.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Dating to the 1970s and recently revived in 2022, the regatta channels old-school river culture with a modern twist (this year from July 3–6).
—West Virginia Tourism, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
His team will have to overcome a number of other challengers in a series of regattas to earn the right to take on New Zealand in the first-to-seven-points final itself.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Naturally, sailing is huge in Newport, home to one of America's biggest annual regattas.
—Christopher Bollen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2023
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Dating to the 1970s and recently revived in 2022, the regatta channels old-school river culture with a modern twist (this year from July 3–6).
—West Virginia Tourism, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
His team will have to overcome a number of other challengers in a series of regattas to earn the right to take on New Zealand in the first-to-seven-points final itself.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Naturally, sailing is huge in Newport, home to one of America's biggest annual regattas.
—Christopher Bollen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Regatta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regatta. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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regatta
noun
re·gat·ta
ri-ˈgät-ə 
-ˈgat-
: a boat race or a series of boat races
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