regatta

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'This regatta is also a North American Ranking event and part of the 2009 SLAM U.S.

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  1. noun A boat race or a series of boat races.

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  • In its 36th year, the masters regatta has gone a full circle and this year will return to Vienna, Austria where the regatta was first held in 1973. —  Worldrowing
  • Winning the regatta is also very appealing: around one thousand teams fight every year to engrave their name on the absolute trophy that is awarded to the best sailor of all classes during the majestic prizegiving ceremony normally presided over the King and Queen of Spain. —  ISAF News
  • Also, this regatta will be one of only three on the SAIL Tour so if your juniors hope to race for the SAIL title, this will be an important event. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • Entry fees for the regatta are $200 prior to September 15; $250 afterwards, until the registration cut-off date October 6. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • Sailing Team AlphaGraphics 2009, for which this regatta is the only qualifier. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
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  1. Italian dialectal, a contention, regatta, from regattare, to contend, perhaps from recatare, to sell again, compete, from Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, to contend : Latin re-, re- + Latin captāre, to seek to catch, frequentative of capere, to seize; see catch.

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  1. =F. régate, from Italian regatta, rigatta, regata, a boat-race, yacht-race, a rowing-match, a particular use (orig. Venetian) of Old Italian regatta, rigatta, a strife or contention for the mastery, from Old Italian regattare, rigattare, sell by retail, haggle as a huckster, wrangle, contend, cope or fight for the mastery (cf. Spanish regatear, retail provisions, haggle, rival in sailing; regateo, a haggling, a regatta), prob. a dial. form of recatare, *recattare, buy und sell again by retail, retail, regrate, forestall (cf. Spanish recatear, retail; recatar, take care, be cautious), from re-, again,+ cattare, get, acquire, purchase (cf. Spanish catear, taste, try, view), from Latin captare, catch, capture, procure: see catch, and cf. acate. Cf. regrate.
 

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