Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Armada"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Armada \Ar*ma"da\ ([aum]r*m[=a]"d[.a] or [aum]r*m[aum]"d[.a]),
n. [Sp. armada, L. as if armata (sc. classic fleet), fr.
armatus, p. p. of armare. See {Arm}, v. t. {Army}.]
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish
fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
armada
n : a large fleet
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