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brown-water navy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
brown-wa-ter -navy
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A naval force capable of military operations in riverine and coastal environments.

noun

A naval force capable of military operations only in inland waters.

noun

The portion of a naval force that is optimized for riverine operations.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

brown-water navies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

littoral blue-water navy green-water navy

Questions

What does brown-water navy mean?
A naval force capable of military operations in riverine and coastal environments.

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