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Look up Armada or armada in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet. Armáda is the Czech and Slovak word for armed forces.
Armada may also refer to:
Military
Explorations and military campaigns
Military campaigns
- Spanish Armada or Great Armada, an unsuccessfully attempted invasion of England by Spain in 1588
- English Armada or Counter Armada, an unsuccessful English naval campaign in 1589 aimed at capturing Lisbon and other coastal towns from Spain
- 2nd Spanish Armada, a second unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England
- 3rd Spanish Armada, a third unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England
- Armada of 1779, an unsuccessfully attempted invasion of England by France and Spain in 1779
Ships
Armed forces
- Armada, the Spanish Navy
- Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
- Armáda České republiky, the Military of the Czech Republic
- Armada de Chile, the Chilean Navy
- Armada Ecuatoriana, the Ecuadorian Navy
- Armada Nacional, the Colombian National Armada
- Armada Portuguesa, the Portuguese Navy
- Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy
- Marina Armada, the Mexican Navy
- Armada de Barlovento, a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s
- Komando Armada Barat (Western Fleet Command) and Komando Armada Timur (Eastern Fleet Command), fleets of the Indonesian Navy
Arts and entertainment
Music
Gaming
Publishing
Television
Businesses
People
- Armada (gamer) (Adam Lindgren , born 1993), professional Super Smash Bros. player
- General Alfonso Armada, a Spanish military officer condemned as one of the plotters of the 23-F attempted coup
- Juan Armada y Losada (1861–1932), Spanish politician
Places
- Armada, Arkansas, a ghost town
- Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US
- Armada House, Bristol, in Bristol, England
- Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida
- Armada Towers, in Dubai, U.A.E.
- Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Sports teams
Transportation
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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