battle of the spanish armada

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   in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

   Broadernaval battle

   English Channel

Questions about battle of the spanish armada

What does battle of the spanish armada mean?

battle of the spanish armada means "in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England".

Is battle of the spanish armada a common word?

battle of the spanish armada is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.