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armada

armada

noun ar-mah-DAH Rare

Origin: from Spanish armada, 'armed fleet'

Also means

large fleet

Usage Note

Armada entered French from Spanish and can refer literally to a large naval fleet or figuratively to any huge assembled force: une armada de journalistes — 'a whole army of journalists'. It is always feminine in French. The plural is armadas.

Examples

"Une armada de bénévoles est arrivée."

Natural Translation

An army of volunteers arrived.

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