Armada, the
Armada, the a Spanish naval invasion force sent against England in 1588 by Philip II of Spain. It was defeated by the English fleet and almost completely destroyed by storms off the Hebrides. The word armada comes (in the mid 16th century, meaning ‘a fleet of warships’) via Spanish and ultimately from Latin armare ‘to arm’.
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