flota

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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.

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Meanings

nounflota (plural flotas)

plural flotas

  1. 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.

Origin

From Spanish. See flotilla.

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APA

flota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flota

MLA

“flota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flota. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flota,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flota.

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