: a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
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Also on San Giorgio is La Compagnia della Vela, which organizes regattas and runs a sailing school with short two- to four-day courses that travelers can join.
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
The Carnival regatta arrived near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Christine Conrad Lane: An animal lover with boundless creative energy
Doug and Christine met on a fall day in Boston in 1999 while watching the Head of the Charles regatta, a rowing competition held annually on the Charles River, with friends.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
The boat also won a number of regattas in the British Isles in the late 1930s, but war was looming across Europe.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
The Carnival regatta arrived near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Christine Conrad Lane: An animal lover with boundless creative energy
Doug and Christine met on a fall day in Boston in 1999 while watching the Head of the Charles regatta, a rowing competition held annually on the Charles River, with friends.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
The boat also won a number of regattas in the British Isles in the late 1930s, but war was looming across Europe.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 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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