regatta

Meaning

Noun

A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
A striped cotton fabric.

Origin

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta, from regattare, possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata ("boat race, regatta"), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

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