regatta
noun/rɪˈɡætə/
Frequency rank: #14,801 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A series of boat or yacht races held as a sporting event.
Example sentence
Thousands of spectators gathered along the riverbank to watch the annual regatta.
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