armada

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 293 words | Copyright

ar·ma·da / ärˈmädə/ • n. a fleet of warships. ∎ (the Spanish Armada) a Spanish naval invasion force sent against England by Philip II of Spain. It was defeated by the English and almost completely destroyed by storms.

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