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flo·til·la
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floʊˈtɪl
ə
/
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floh-
til
-
uh
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noun
1.
a group of small naval vessels, especially 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;
<
Spanish,
diminutive of
flota
fleet <
French
flotte
<
Old English
flota
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flotilla
(fləˈtɪlə)
—
n
a small fleet or a fleet of small vessels
[C18: from Spanish
flota
fleet, from French
flotte
, ultimately from Old Norse
floti
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
flotilla
1711, "a small fleet," from Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota "float," from flotar "to float," of Gmc. origin (see
float
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Unfortunately, that purpose was achieved with the first
flotilla
incident.
In the
flotilla
incident, after two minutes the world was against us.
Towards the end of the dinner they could not refrain from asking if the torpedo
flotilla
was to go round with the big ships.
The response team used canoes and kayaks to form a
flotilla
and gently urge the
whales back to open water.
All eyes and a
flotilla
of spacecraft focus on the celestial celebrity.
The pyramid had been towed no more than a mile upstream when the slow-moving
flotilla
encountered an unexpectedly strong current.
Many boats sport creative decorations in a
flotilla
that lasts for hours.
The first of a
flotilla
to come, it carried wind-monitoring equipment as well as radar for tracking migratory birds.
It is participating in many of the festivities, including a big
flotilla
last month.
In-line skaters, bicyclists and joggers stream past a
flotilla
of sailboats tethered in the marina.
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