ARMADA


Meaning of ARMADA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ är-ˈmä-də, -ˈmā- also ]

-ˈma- noun

Etymology: Spanish, from Medieval Latin armata army, fleet, from Latin, feminine of armatus, past participle of armare to arm, from arma

Date: 1533

1. : a fleet of warships

2. : a large force or group usually of moving things

an armada of fishing boats

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.