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 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 2nd Spanish Armada, a second unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England in 1596 3rd Spanish Armada, a third unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England in 1597 4th Spanish Armada, a fourth unsuccessful Spanish invasion, this time via Ireland in 1601 Armada of 1779, an unsuccessful attempt to invade 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 , the Spanish Navy , the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela Armáda České republiky, the Military of the Czech Republic , the Chilean Navy , the Ecuadorian Navy , the Colombian National Armada , the Portuguese Navy , the Argentine Navy , the Mexican Navy , a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s (Western Fleet Command) and (Eastern Fleet Command), fleets of the 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 La Armada, Dominican-American hardcore punk band Groove Armada, English electronic duo
Gaming Armada (video game), a video game Star Trek: Armada, a Star Trek video game Wing Commander: Armada, a video game by Origin Systems Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, a Warhammer 40,000 game
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 defunct publishing house
Television Transformers: Armada "Armada", an episode of Transformers: Prime
Businesses
Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear Armada Centre, a shopping centre in Plymouth, England
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 Yolexis Rodríguez Armada (born 1971), Cuban 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 Armada Rijeka, a football-fan club from Rijeka, Croatia 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 Mahindra Armada, an Indian SUV/MUV Nissan Armada, a Japanese-American full-size SUV
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 Armado (disambiguation) Armata (disambiguation)