Armada Explained
Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet. Armáda is the Czech and Slovak word for armed forces.
Armada may also refer to:
Military
Explorations and military campaigns
Military campaigns
- Spanish Armada or Great Armada, an unsuccessfully 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
- 2nd Spanish Armada, a second unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England
- 3rd Spanish Armada, a third unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England
- Armada of 1779, an unsuccessfully attempted invasion of England by France and Spain in 1779
Ships
- HMS Armada, two ships in the British Royal Navy
- , a World War II minesweeper of the US Navy
Armed forces
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada, the Spanish Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
- Armáda České republiky, the Military of the Czech Republic
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada de Chile, the Chilean Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada Ecuatoriana, the Ecuadorian Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada Nacional, the Colombian National Armada
- Portuguese: Armada Portuguesa, the Portuguese Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: Marina Armada, the Mexican Navy
- Spanish; Castilian: [[Armada de Barlovento]], a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s
- Indonesian: Komando Armada Barat (Western Fleet Command) and Indonesian: Komando Armada Timur (Eastern Fleet Command), fleets of the Indonesian Navy
Arts and entertainment
Music
Gaming
- Armada (video game), a video game
- , a Star Trek video game
- , a video game by Origin Systems
- , a Warhammer 40,000 game
Publishing
Television
Businesses
People
- Armada (gamer) (Adam Lindgren, born 1993), professional Super Smash Bros. player
- General Alfonso Armada, a Spanish military officer condemned as one of the plotters of the 23-F attempted coup
- Juan Armada y Losada (1861–1932), Spanish politician
Places
- Armada, Arkansas, a ghost town
- Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US
- Armada House, Bristol, in Bristol, England
- Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida
- Armada Towers, in Dubai, U.A.E.
- Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Sports teams
Transportation
Other uses
- 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 (moth), a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
- Armada de Molucca, a 1519 exploration fleet led by Ferdinand Magellan
- Compaq Armada, a model of laptop computer
See also
