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–noun

1.	a group of small naval vessels, esp. a naval unit containing two or more squadrons.

2.	a group moving together: The governor was followed by a whole flotilla of reporters.

[Origin: 1705–15; < Sp, dim. of flota fleet < F flotte < OE flota

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n.

1. A small fleet.
2. A fleet of small craft.
3. A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships.
4. A similar unit in the navy of another country.
1. A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships.
2. A similar unit in the navy of another country.
Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: "Now [the limousine service] has a flotilla of about 150 cars, more than 200 uniformed chauffeurs" (People).

[Spanish, diminutive of flota, fleet, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
flotilla

1711, "a small fleet," from Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota "float," from flotar "to float," of Gmc. origin (see float).

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flotilla
noun
1.	a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
2.	a fleet of small craft

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flotilla [fləˈtilə] noun

a fleet of small ships
Example: A flotilla of yachts.

Arabic:	أسْطول صَغير
Chinese (Simplified):	小舰队
Chinese (Traditional):	小艦隊
Czech:	flotila
Danish:	flotille
Dutch:	vloot
Estonian:	flotill
Finnish:	laivue
French:	flotille
German:	die Flottille
Greek:	μικρός στόλος
Hungarian:	flottilla
Icelandic:	floti lítilla skipa
Indonesian:	armada
Italian:	flottiglia

Japanese:	小船隊
Korean:	소함대
Latvian:	flotile
Lithuanian:	flotilė
Norwegian:	flotilje, flåte
Polish:	flotylla
Portuguese (Brazil):	flotilha
Portuguese (Portugal):	frota
Romanian:	flotilă
Russian:	флотилия (мелких судов)
Slovak:	flotila
Slovenian:	flotilja
Spanish:	flotilla
Swedish:	flottilj
Turkish:	küçük filo, flotilla

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Flotilla

Float\ (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fle['o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. [root] 84. See Fleet, v. i., and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover.]

1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: (a) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. (b) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. (c) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. (d) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

This reform bill . . . had been used as a float by the conservative ministry. --J. P. Peters.

2. A float board. See Float board (below).

3. (Tempering) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. --Knight.

4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. [Obs.] --Bacon.

5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

6. (Plastering) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. --Knight.

8. A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

9. A coal cart. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

10. The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.

Float board, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; -- a vane.

Float case (Naut.), a caisson used for lifting a ship.

Float copper or gold (Mining), fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost.

Float ore, water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop. --Raymond.

Float stone (Arch.), a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface.

Float valve, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See Float, 1 (b) .

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