BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of the Spanish Armada mean? 

• BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA has 1 sense:

1. in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

English Channel (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain)