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

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  • Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear
  • Armada Centre, a shopping centre in Plymouth, England
  • Armada Music, an independent record label based in the Netherlands

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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

  • 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)