Question

armada The U.S. Navy hopes to build an electric armada, a new generation of ships driven by electric power. ɑrˈmɑdə

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A large group of warships or boats. A Spanish word that originally meant simply “armed,” armada is now used in Spanish-speaking nations as the name of their national navies. In English, the word usually has historical overtones. The Great Armada of 1588 was a 120-ship fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in an attempt to invade Elizabethan England; it was defeated when British forces lit eight ships afire and sent them sailing into the Armada's midst, then blocked the passage to the south so that the remaining ships were forced to sail northward around Britain in order to return home, causing dozens more ships to be wrecked in the stormy northern seas. Today we sometimes use the word humorously for fleets of fishing boats, rowboats, or canoes

word	armada
definition	A large group of warships or boats.
eg_sentence	The U.S. Navy hopes to build an electric armada, a new generation of ships driven by electric power.
explanation	A Spanish word that originally meant simply “armed,” armada is now used in Spanish-speaking nations as the name of their national navies. In English, the word usually has historical overtones. The Great Armada of 1588 was a 120-ship fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in an attempt to invade Elizabethan England; it was defeated when British forces lit eight ships afire and sent them sailing into the Armada's midst, then blocked the passage to the south so that the remaining ships were forced to sail northward around Britain in order to return home, causing dozens more ships to be wrecked in the stormy northern seas. Today we sometimes use the word humorously for fleets of fishing boats, rowboats, or canoes
IPA	ɑrˈmɑdə

Ships Armada Word Electric Large Group Warships Boats