Armada

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Contents 1 Naval / military 1.1 Historic 1.2 National Navies 1.3 Armed Forces 2 Products 3 Groups and companies 4 Other uses

Armada may refer to:

[edit] Naval / military

[edit] Historic

• The Spanish Armada or Great Armada, an unsuccessful attempted invasion of England by Spain in 1588
• The English Armada or Counter Armada, an unsuccessful English naval campaign in 1589 aimed at capturing Lisbon and other coastal towns from Spain
• The Armada of 1779 or Other Armada, an unsuccessful attempted invasion of England by France and Spain in 1779
• HMS Armada, name of two ships in the British Royal Navy

[edit] National Navies

• Armada de la República Argentina, Argentine Navy
• Armada de Chile, Navy of Chile
• Armada Nacional, Colombian National Armada
• Marina Armada, Mexican Navy
• Armada Ecuatoriana, Ecuadorian Navy
• Armada Española, Spanish Navy
• Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela, Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela

[edit] Armed Forces

• Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Armed Force of El Salvador

[edit] Products

• Nissan Armada, a model of car
• Compaq Armada, a model of laptop computer
• Transformers: Armada, an animated TV series and toy line, part of Hasbro's Transformers franchise
• The Armada (book) (1959), a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingly
• Armada (album), an album by black metal band Keep of Kalessin
• Armada (video game), a video game which was popular on the Sega Dreamcast
• Wing Commander: Armada (video game), a video game by Origin Systems
• Star Trek: Armada (video game), a Star Trek game published by Activision

[edit] Groups and companies

• Armada Rijeka, a football fan club from Rijeka, Croatia
• Armada (comics), a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties
• Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear
• Armada Music, a music label created by Armin van Buuren
• Groove Armada, an electronic music group

[edit] Other uses

• Long Beach Armada, a professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California
• Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US governed by Kathleen Stork
• Armada (Capoeira), a move in the Brazilian martial art capoeira
• Armada (Bas-Lag), the name of a fictional floating city in China Miéville's novel The Scar
• The Armada (band), a band formed by ex-The Tea Party lead singer Jeff Martin
• La Armada, is a nickname for the Spain Davis Cup team

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