megayacht

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ yacht.

Noun

megayacht (plural megayachts)

  1. A very large luxury yacht.
    Synonym: superyacht
    Coordinate term: gigayacht
    • 2007 February 23, Nick Kaye, “One Thousand Ocean and the Club at Black Rock”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      A fitness center, a lounge and a swimming pool with cabanas will be built, but owners and their guests will also be granted access to all the resort’s amenities, which include […] a marina capable of accommodating megayachts.
    • 2014 April 15, Eoghan Macguire, “Size matters: How sheikhs and oligarchs transformed the yachting industry”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “Demand for the megayachts above 130 to 140 meters has definitely increased in the last few years,” said Mark Duncan, group commercial director of yacht brokerage house, Yachting Partners International.
    • 2020 November 25, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The $550 million megayacht concept that looks like a shark”, in CNN‎[3]:
      The megayacht concept is equipped with its own port with enough space for a second yacht measuring up to 30 meters, as well as three swimming pools.
    • 2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker‎[4], →ISSN:
      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.

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