name
Meaning 1
The Spanish Armada which sailed against England in 1588.
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Standard Lemma guide
armada
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/ɑːˈmɑːdə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːˈmɑːdə/
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US: /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
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rhymes with -ɑːdə
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obsolete: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪdə/
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CMU ARPABET: AA0 R M AA1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village in Michigan.
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noun
Meaning 3
A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
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noun
Meaning 5
A large flock of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.
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noun
Meaning 6
a large fleet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fleet
Narrower terms: Spanish Armada, Invincible Armada
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: armada — a fleet of warships
- Chinese Mandarin: 艦隊 /舰队 (jiànduì) — a fleet of warships
- French: armada — a fleet of warships
- Galician: armada — a fleet of warships
- German: Armada — a fleet of warships
- Greek: αρμάδα (armáda) — a fleet of warships
- Greek: στόλος (stólos) — a fleet of warships
- Ido: floto — a fleet of warships
- Indonesian: armada — a fleet of warships
- Irish: armáid — a fleet of warships
- Italian: armata — a fleet of warships
- Japanese: 艦隊 (kantai) — a fleet of warships
- Korean: 함대 (hamdae) — a fleet of warships
- Portuguese: armada — a fleet of warships
- Romanian: armadă — a fleet of warships
- Russian: арма́да (armáda) — a fleet of warships
- Spanish: armada — a fleet of warships
- Spanish: flota — a fleet of warships
- Swedish: armada — a fleet of warships
- Swedish: flotta — a fleet of warships
- Swedish: krigsflotta — a fleet of warships
- Swedish: stridsflotta — a fleet of warships
- Tagalog: armada — a fleet of warships
- Greek: στόλος (stólos) — a large army or fleet
- Ido: navaro — a large army or fleet
- Irish: armáid — a large army or fleet
- Portuguese: armada — a large army or fleet
- Russian: арма́да (armáda) — a large army or fleet
- Swedish: armé — a large army or fleet
- Finnish: armeija — large flock of anything
- Irish: arm — large flock of anything
- Irish: carn — large flock of anything
- Irish: cual — large flock of anything
- Irish: plód — large flock of anything
- Irish: púir — large flock of anything
- Irish: slua — large flock of anything
- Russian: арма́да (armáda) — large flock of anything
- Swedish: armé — large flock of anything
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