ARMADA Definition & Meaning

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Armada

[ ahr-mah-duh, -mey- ]

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noun

Also called In·vin·ci·ble Ar·ma·da [in-, vin, -s, uh, -b, uh, l ahr-, mah, -d, uh, -, mey, -],. 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.

Armada

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noun

the Armada
See Spanish Armada

armada

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noun

a large number of ships or aircraft

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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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Since then they have argued that Glocca Mora, now known as Sea Search Armada, has no right to the ship or its treasure.

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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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“This treasure that sank with the ship included seven million pesos, 116 steel chests full of emeralds, 30 million gold coins,” says Rahim Moloo, the lawyer representing Sea Search Armada.

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Within a decade after the end of World War II, Washington had 500 overseas military bases ringing Eurasia, a chain of mutual defense pacts and a globe-girding armada of nuclear-armed warships and strategic bombers.

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And US-based salvage company Sea Search Armada has taken Colombia to the UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration, seeking £7.8bn, over claims it first discovered the vessel more than 40 years ago.

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