armada

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large fleet of warships or other military craft

   An armada of ships gathered offshore before the operation began.

2. 2
   noun

   a large and impressive group of vehicles or moving objects

   An armada of rescue boats crossed the flooded valley.

Borrowed from Spanish armada ('armed fleet'), the feminine form of armado ('armed'), from armar ('to arm') and ultimately Latin arma ('weapons'). English use was reinforced by the Spanish Armada of 1588.

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