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flota

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
flota
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

Etymology

From Spanish. See flotilla.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

flotas (plural)

Questions

What does flota mean?
A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.
Where does flota come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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