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gigayacht

gigayacht noun: a very large luxury yacht, bigger than a megayacht.

Noun

gigayacht (plural gigayachts)

  1. A very large luxury yacht, bigger than a megayacht.
    • After that, definitions are debated, but people generally agree that anything more than 230 feet is a megayacht, and more than 295 is a gigayacht. The world contains about 5,400 superyachts, and about a hundred gigayachts. For the moment, a gigayacht is the most expensive item that our species has...2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2022

Forms of gigayacht

pluralgigayachts

Origin of gigayacht

From giga- + yacht.

Questions about gigayacht

What does gigayacht mean?
Gigayacht means a very large luxury yacht, bigger than a megayacht.
What part of speech is gigayacht?
Gigayacht is a noun.
What is the plural of gigayacht?
The plural of gigayacht is gigayachts.

Words near gigayacht in the dictionary

  1. gigawatt-years
  2. gigawatts
  3. gigaword
  4. gigawords
  5. gigaxonin
  6. gigayacht
  7. gigayachts
  8. gigayear
  9. gigayears
  10. gigbag
  11. gigbags

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