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Ar⋅ma⋅da

  [ahr-mah-duh, -mey-]
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–noun
1. Also called Invincible Armada, 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.
2. (lowercase) any fleet of warships.
3. (lowercase) a large group or force of vehicles, airplanes, etc.: an armada of transport trucks.
Origin:
1525–35; < Sp < L armāta armed forces, neut. pl. of armātus (ptp. of armāre to equip with arms). See arm 2 , -ate 1
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ar·ma·da   (är-mä'də, -mā'-)   
n.  

  1. A fleet of warships.

  2. A large group of moving things: an armada of ants crossing the lawn.


[Spanish, from Medieval Latin armāta; see army.]
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armada 
"fleet of warships," 1533, from Sp. armada "an armed force," from M.L. armata (see army). Especially of the "Invincible Armada" of Philip II of Spain (1588).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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