ARMADA

'Armada', used in English, is a word of Spanish origin similar to 'navy' or 'fleet', but is slightly archaic and romanticised, and carries implications of links to historical Spanish naval traditions. This is the same meaning as in Spanish, but in English, unlike in Spanish, it refers particularly to the Great Armada of 1588.
In etymological origin, 'armada' is a Spanish word meaning "armed" in the feminine form. It is used in many Spanish-speaking nations as the title of the national naval force (other Spanish-speaking countries use ''marina'' [English: navy] or ''marina de guerra'' [English: war navy]). Mexico uses the variation ''Marina Armada'' (Armed Navy) for the Mexican Navy. The word has evolved to mean a military navy or fleet in its English language use.
In Spanish the word ''armada'' also appears in other military contexts, such as ''fuerzas armadas'' (English: armed forces). El Salvador uses the term ''Fuerza Armada de El Salvador'', in English Armed Force of El Salvador.

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'Armada' may refer to:

Naval / military

Historic

National Navies

Armed Forces

Products

Groups and companies

Other uses

'Armada' may refer to:

Naval / military

Historic

★ The Spanish Armada or Great Armada, an unsuccessful attempted invasion of England by Spain in 1588.

★ English Armada or Counter Armada, an unsuccessful English naval campaign in 1589 following the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

★ HMS ''Armada'', name of two ships in the British Royal Navy.

National Navies

★ Argentina: ''Armada de la República Argentina'': Armada of the Argentine Republic

★ Chile: ''Armada de Chile'': Armada of Chile

★ Colombia: ''Armada Nacional'': National Armada. (See Colombian National Armada)

★ Mexico: ''Marina Armada'' : Armed Navy. (See: Mexican Navy)

★ Ecuador: ''Armada Ecuatoriana'': Ecuadorian Armada

★ Spain: ''Armada Española'': Spanish Armada

★ Venezuela: ''Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela'': Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela.

Armed Forces

''Fuerza Armada de El Salvador'' : Armed Force of El Salvador.

Products

★ Nissan Armada, a model of car

★ Compaq Armada, a model of laptop computer

★ '', an animated TV series and toy line, part of Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise

★ ''Armada'' (album), an album by black metal band Keep of Kalessin

★ The name of three different board games

★ ''Armada'' (video game), a video game which was popular on the Sega Dreamcast

★ , a video game by Origin Systems

Groups and companies

★ Armada Rijeka, a football fan club from Rijeka, Croatia

★ Armada, a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties

★ Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear

★ Armada (band), a London-based rock/jazz group formed in the mid-1970s by former members of The Open Mind

★ Armada Music (company), a Dutch music company founded by Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron & David Lewis

★ Armada Skis, www.armadaskis.com, An American Ski company founded by a group of professional skiers

★ armada Magazine, www.armadamagazine.com, An online Magazine that covers and promotes events, nightlife, and the endless happening in Atlanta and surronding areas

★ Armada/Fontana, a UK publisher of children's books

Other uses

★ Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska, a professional baseball team of the independent Golden Baseball League

★ Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US

★ ''Armada (Capoeira)'', a move in the Brazilian martial art capoeira

★ Armada (moth), a genus of the Catocalinae family

★ Armada, the name of a fictional floating city in China Miéville's novel ''The Scar''

★ Armada, the name of a football team in West Kent Sunday League Division 2