Armada

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:

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 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
 * USS Armada (AM-145), a World War II minesweeper of the US Navy

Armed forces

 * Armada, the Spanish Navy
 * Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
 * Armáda České republiky, the Military of the Czech Republic
 * Armada de Chile, the Chilean Navy
 * Armada Ecuatoriana, the Ecuadorian Navy
 * Armada Nacional, the Colombian National Armada
 * Armada Portuguesa, the Portuguese Navy
 * Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy
 * Marina Armada, the 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), fleets of the Indonesian Navy

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
 * 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 Asset Management, LLC, a holding company based in Newport Beach, CA
 * Armada Centre, 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

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