Armada

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Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet, which also adopted into Malay and Indonesian for the same meaning, or an adjective meaning 'armed'; Armáda (pronounced [ˈarmaːda]) is the Czech and Slovak word for armed forces. It may refer to:

Military

Explorations and military campaigns

Portuguese India Armadas (armadas da Índia), fleets of ships dispatched from Portugal to India, following the sea route opened up by Vasco da Gama in 1497–1499
2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500)
3rd Portuguese India Armada (Nova, 1501)
4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502)
5th Portuguese India Armada (Albuquerque, 1503)
6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504)
7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505)

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
Marina Armada, Mexican Navy
Armada de Barlovento, a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s
Komando Armada Barat (Western Fleet Command) and Komando Armada Timur (Eastern Fleet Command), Fleet of Indonesian Navy

Arts and entertainment

Music

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

Gaming

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

Publishing

Armada (novel), a 2015 novel by Ernest Cline
The Armada (book) (1959), a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingly
Armada (comics), a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties
Armada Books, a now defunct publishing house, one time publishers of the Billy Bunter children's novels

Businesses

Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear
Armada Asset Management, LLC, a holding company based in Newport Beach, CA
Armada Centre, shopping centre in Plymouth, England

People

Adam Lindgren (born 1993), professional Super Smash Bros. player known as Armada
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

Sports teams

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
Jacksonville Armada FC, a professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida

Transportation

Nissan Armada, a model of car
Mahindra Armada, a model of car

Other uses

Armada, a model of laptop computer by Compaq
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