gigayacht

English

Etymology

From giga- +‎ yacht.

Noun

gigayacht (plural gigayachts)

  1. A very large luxury yacht, bigger than a megayacht.
    • 2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 July 2022:
      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 figured out how to own. […] Many of the largest, most flamboyant gigayachts are designed in Monaco, at a sleek waterfront studio occupied by the naval architect Espen Øino.
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