# 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:

## 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
* 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

## 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

### 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, 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