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Refugee Regatta

Refugee Regatta noun: an influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.

Noun

Refugee Regatta (plural Refugee Regattas)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, offensive, slang, Darwin) An influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.
    • Get an Esky, fill it full of cans, get your dope, go down to the beach, roll a big spliff about that long sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin the Refugee Regatta.1983, Redgum, Caught In The Act, song, on the album Caught in the Act
    • We grew up in a household where every Asian was a Gook. Dad served in Vietnam. We went to school with Dagos, boat loads of Slopes arrived in Darwin in the "Refugee Regatta", and when I was in Malaysia the locals were known to us as Bongos, or Rock Apes.2011 April 9, Government Shill #2, “A Vietnam veteran phone 2UE today upset”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

Refugee Regatta meaning in Bengali

Refugee Regatta in Bengali

নৌকা আরোহী মানুষের আগমন

Forms of Refugee Regatta

pluralRefugee Regattas

Origin of Refugee Regatta

From refugee + regatta (“boat race”), referring to the fact that the influxes tend to be seasonal, occurring normally during the cooler months.

Questions about Refugee Regatta

What does Refugee Regatta mean?
Refugee Regatta means an influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.
What is Refugee Regatta in Bengali?
Refugee Regatta in Bengali is নৌকা আরোহী মানুষের আগমন. See Refugee Regatta meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Refugee Regatta?
Refugee Regatta is a noun.
What is the plural of Refugee Regatta?
The plural of Refugee Regatta is Refugee Regattas.

Words near Refugee Regatta in the dictionary

  1. refuge islands
  2. refuged
  3. refugee
  4. refugee camp
  5. refugee camps
  6. Refugee Regatta
  7. Refugee Regattas
  8. refugeed
  9. refugeedom
  10. refugeehood
  11. refugeeing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Refugee Regatta (page history and authors); Refugee Regatta (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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