Definition of regatta

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< regardless of

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re·gat·ta    (r-gät, -gt) KEY 

NOUN:

A boat race or a series of boat races.

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ETYMOLOGY:
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