Navy

  • 11navy — [nā′vē] n. pl. navies [ME navie < OFr < VL * navia < L navis, a ship < IE base * nāus, boat (prob. dugout) > Sans nāuh, boat, Gr naus, ship, ON nōr, ship] 1. Archaic a fleet of ships 2. all the warships of a nation 3. [often N ] a) …

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  • 12Navy — (engl., spr. Nehwi), Flotte, Seemacht, Seeewesen. N. Bills, Schiffsnoten, die vom N. Board (einem Collegium von Admiralitätsbeamten) ausgestellten Wechsel auf Credit der Admiralität, s.u. Staatspapiere …

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  • 13Navy — (engl., spr. nēwĭ), Flotte …

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  • 14Navy — er engelsk for krigsflåde …

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  • 15navy — [n] fleet argosy, armada, flotilla, marine defense, merchant marine, naval force, sea force, sea power, vessels, warships; concepts 322,432,506 …

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  • 16Navy — Naval and Naval Force redirect here. For other uses of Naval , see Naval (disambiguation). For other uses of Navy , see Navy (disambiguation). The Spanish Armada fighting the English navy at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588 A navy (sometimes… …

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  • 17navy — /nay vee/, n., pl. navies. 1. the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler. 2. (often cap.) the complete body of such warships together with their officers and enlisted personnel, equipment, yards, etc., constituting …

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  • 18Navy —    The Military Maritime Fleet of Russia (voienno morskoi flot Rossii) is the naval arm of the Russian military. The current fleet evolved out of the short lived navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was created out of the Soviet… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • 19navy — [[t]ne͟ɪvi[/t]] ♦♦ navies 1) N COUNT: usu the N A country s navy consists of the people it employs to fight at sea, and the ships they use. The government announced an order for three Type 23 frigates for the Royal Navy yesterday... Her own son… …

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  • 20Navy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Navy est le terme militaire anglais désignant la marine. Il désigne la marine dans les pays suivants : États Unis, la United States Navy Royaume Uni …

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