armada

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Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet, or an adjective meaning 'armed'; Armáda is the Czech and Slovak for armed forces. It may refer to:

Military

Military campaigns

• 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 aimed at capturing Lisbon and other coastal towns from Spain
• Armada of 1779 or Other Armada, an unsuccessful attempted invasion of England by France and Spain in 1779

Ships

• HMS Armada, two ships in the British Royal Navy
• USS Armada, World War II minesweeper of the US Navy

Armed forces

• Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela, Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela
• Armáda České republiky, the Military of the Czech Republic
• Armada de Chile, Chilean Navy
• Armada Ecuatoriana, Ecuadorian Navy
• Armada Española, Spanish Navy
• Armada Nacional, Colombian National Armada
• Armada Portuguesa, Portuguese Navy
• Armada de la República Argentina, Argentine Navy
• Forças Armadas de Cabinda, Angolan armed group
• Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña, former Puerto Rican terrorist group
• Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Armed Forces of El Salvador
• Marina Armada, Mexican Navy

Products

• Nissan Armada, a model of car
• Transformers: Armada, an animated TV series and toy line, part of Hasbro's Transformers franchise
• The Armada (book) (1959), a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingly

Computing

• Armada (video game), a video game which was popular on the Sega Dreamcast
• Compaq Armada, a model of laptop computer
• Star Trek: Armada, a Star Trek game published by Activision
• Wing Commander: Armada, a video game by Origin Systems

Sports

• Armada Rijeka, a football-fan club from Rijeka, Croatia
• Peña Armada Sur, a football-fan club from Tenerife, Spain
• La Armada, a nickname for the Spain Davis Cup team
• Long Beach Armada, a professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California
• Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, a junior ice hockey team based in Boisbriand, Quebec

Business

• Armada (comics), a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties
• Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear
• Armada Asset Management, LLC, a holding company based in Newport Beach, CA
• Armada Books, a now defunct publishing house, one time publishers of the Billy Bunter children's novels.
• Armada Centre, shopping centre in Plymouth, England
• Armada Hoffler, a commercial real estate and construction company based in Virginia Beach, VA

Music

• The Armada (band), a band formed by ex-The Tea Party lead singer Jeff Martin
• Armada (album), an album by black metal band Keep of Kalessin
• Groove Armada, a British big beat duo
• Armada Music, a music label created by Armin van Buuren

People

• General Alfonso Armada, a Spanish military officer condemned as one of the plotters of the 23-F attempted coup
• Juan Armada y Losada, Spanish politician

Places

• Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US
• Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
• Armada Towers, in Dubai, U.A.E.
• Armada House, in Bristol, England
• Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida

Other uses

• Armada (moth), a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family
• Armada (Bas-Lag), the name of a fictional floating city in China Miéville's novel The Scar
• Armada (Capoeira), a move in the Brazilian martial art capoeira
• Armada de Molucca, 1519 exploration fleet led by Ferdinand Magellan
• The Halley Armada, a group of space probes sent to examine Halley's comet
• The Armada gasfields a group of gas fields named after people associated with the Spanish Armada located in the North Sea.

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