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ARMADA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does armada mean?
• ARMADA (noun)
The noun ARMADA has 1 sense:
1. a large fleet
Familiarity information: ARMADA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large fleet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("armada" is a kind of...):
fleet (a group of warships organized as a tactical unit)
Instance hyponyms:
Invincible Armada; Spanish Armada (the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588)
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