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green-water navy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
green-wa-ter -navy
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A naval force capable of military operations in coastal waters and in the open seas near its home country, but not capable of independent operations far from its home country.

noun

The portion of a naval force that is optimized for operations in coastal waters.

Inflected Forms

green-water navies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

blue-water navy brown-water navy

Questions

What does green-water navy mean?
A naval force capable of military operations in coastal waters and in the open seas near its home country, but not capable of independent operations far from its home country.

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