America's Cup

American  

noun

1. an international yachting trophy, originally offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851, but renamed for the yacht America, winner of it that year.

2. the yacht race itself, the oldest and most prestigious event in international sailing, now restricted to 12-meter yachts.

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America's Cup British  

noun

1. an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983

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Example Sentences

He would fly his team to dinner at the New York Yacht Club on off days and bring them to Newport to see him sail in America’s Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

After failing to get through the 1974 America’s Cup trials, he regrouped and won the Cup in 1977.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

He would go on to win the America’s Cup in 1977 while expanding his father’s company into a modern multimedia conglomerate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In other sports endeavors, Turner successfully skippered the US yacht Courageous to win the 1977 America's Cup.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

We have private palace-cars, and luxurious yachts for pleasure, and others for speed, so swift that the "America's Cup" has remained in our keeping all these years.

From A Little Girl of Long Ago by Douglas, Amanda Minnie