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1. (n.) navy
the warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
2. navy
(often cap.) the complete body of such warships, together with the personnel, equipment, etc., constituting the sea power of a nation.
3. navy
(often cap.) the department of government charged with its management.
4. navy
Archaic. a fleet of ships.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME navie < MF &indirdesc; L nāv(is) ship)
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| Definition of 'NAVY' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) navy, naval forces
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
2. (noun) dark blue, navy, navy blue
a dark shade of blue
3. (noun) United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy
the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
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1. (noun) navy
the part of a military that works off of ships
a soldier in the navy
2. navy
a very dark blue; = navy blue
soldiers dressed in navy and gold
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| Definition of 'NAVY' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) NAVY
a fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company
2. (noun) NAVY
the whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy
3. (noun) NAVY
the officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy
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Sense: a country's warships and the people who work in and with them
Russia has one of the largest navies in the world; I joined the navy fifteen years ago.
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 Afrikaans: vloot |
 Arabic: أُسْطول |
 Bulgarian: флот |
 Brazilian: marinha |
 Czech: válečné loďstvo |
 German: die Kriegemarine |
 Danish: flåde; marine |
 Greek: (το) ναυτικό, η ναυτική δ |
 Spanish: marina |
 Estonian: laevastik |
 Farsi: نیروی دریایی |
 Finnish: merivoimat |
 French: marine |
 Hebrew: צִי |
 Hindi: समुद्री सेना |
 Croatian: ratna mornarica |
 Hungarian: flotta; haditengerészet |
 Indonesian: angkatan laut |
 Icelandic: sjóher, floti |
 Italian: marina |
 Japanese: 海軍 |
 Korean: 해군 |
 Lithuanian: karinis jūrų laivynas |
 Latvian: jūras kara flote |
 Malay: kelasi |
 Dutch: marine |
 Norwegian: sjøforsvaret, marinen; kr |
 Polish: marynarka wojenna |
 Persian: نیروی دریایی |
 Pashto: دريايى قوه |
 Portuguese: marinha |
 Romanian: marină |
 Russian: военно-морские силы |
 Slovak: vojenské loďstvo |
 Slovenian: vojna mornarica |
 Serbian: mornarica |
 Swedish: [örlogs]flotta, marin |
 Thai: กองทัพเรือ |
 Turkish: deniz kuvvetleri, donanma |
 Taiwanese: 海軍 |
 Ukrainian: військово-морський флот |
 Urdu: بحريہ |
 Vietnamese: hải quân |
 Chinese: 海军 |
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