Talk:Spanish Navy (Armada Española)

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The spanish navy ( Armada Espanola ) is the 6th on the world... It's difficuly to make a ranking of navies but I believe the position of the spanish Armada would be someting between 5th and 7th place

What does armada mean in English? Can anyone tell me?

I believe the Armada is in 5th place but wikipedia isnt the place to debate naval power. It doesnt equal Italys navy though which is on par with France and the UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.247.252 (talk) 22:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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Armada means "armed". The official name of the Spanish Navy is "Armada Española" for tradition, but the correct translation is "Marina española". This name (Marina Española) was used for long time before "Armada Española". In spanish, "Navy" means "marina" not armada. You can see old pictures with this name (Marina) in the aircrafts of the Spanish Navy. Actually the aircraft of the Navies of Spain, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and others americans countries used the word "Armada".

Inside of the Spanish Armada is the Spanish Marine Corps, in spanish: "Infantería de Marina" (Navy Infantry). The word "armada" is used in others names: Fuerzas Armadas Españolas (Spanish armed forces) and as adjetive: Armed Police (policia armada); Armed assault (Asalto armado) etc..

[edit] Title in Spanish

The title should be in English - Spanish navy.--Shtove 20:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I did that change because other countries' navies articles do use their autochtonous names such as the Marina Militare. If I was in an error for the change, please revert it to the original name. Cheers, --Maurice27 22:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, it should be the English title. Maybe there's a different rule for this type of article. Ask an admin - it it's to be changed back, I think their help is needed anyway.--Shtove 14:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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