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(ri gät′ə, ri gat′ə)

noun

a boat race
a series of such races

Origin: It (Venetian) regata, gondola race, lit., a striving for mastery < rigattare, to compete, wrangle < ri- (< L re-, re-) + grattare, to scratch < Gmc *kratton > Ger kratzen

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noun

A boat race or a series of boat races.

Origin:

Origin: Italian dialectal, a contention, regatta

Origin: , from regattare, to contend

Origin: , perhaps from recatare, to sell again, compete

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, to contend

Origin: : Latin re-, re-

Origin: + Latin captāre, to seek to catch

Origin: , frequentative of capere, to seize; see catch

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