ärˈmädə, ȧˈmȧ- also -ādə sometimes -adə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, from Medieval Latin armata army, fleet, from Latin, feminine of armatus, past participle of armare
1.
a. : a fleet of warships
b. : a large number of ships : fleet
c. : a large force, body, or number of things, especially moving things (as vehicles)
an armada of planes
an armada of buses
2. : an arrangement of two tiers of fixed guns simultaneously fired and used in Mexico for the mass shooting of duck