ARMADA Definition & Meaning

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Armada

[ahr-mah-duh, -mey-]

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Also called Invincible Armada.��Also called Spanish Armada.��the fleet sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English navy and later dispersed and wrecked by storms.
(lowercase)��any fleet of warships.
(lowercase)��a large group or force of vehicles, airplanes, etc..
an armada of transport trucks.

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Origin of Armada¹

1525–35; < Spanish < Latin ��ٲ� armed forces, neuter plural of ��ٳܲ� (past participle of �� to equip with arms). See arm ², -ate ¹

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Origin of Armada¹

C16: from Spanish, from Medieval Latin ��ٲ� fleet, armed forces, from Latin �� to provide with arms

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As part of its court case at the Hague, Sea Search Armada commissioned a study of the cargo.

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