Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small fleet.
- n. A fleet of small craft.
- n. A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships.
- n. A similar unit in the navy of another country.
- n. Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: "Now [the limousine service] has a flotilla of about 150 cars, more than 200 uniformed chauffeurs” ( People).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A little fleet; a fleet of small vessels.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fleet of small craft
- n. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
Etymologies
- From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota ("fleet"), from French flotte. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, diminutive of flota, fleet, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti; see pleu- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Obviously, if there were, the flotilla is to blame for the violence.”
“One of the primary reasons the Turkish Government has been so angry in its denunciations of the Israeli attack on the flotilla is because many of the dead were Turkish citizens.”
“In other words, the flotilla is more about a show than about reality.”
“Then, since they know that the goal of the flotilla is not delivering goodies, they could do that by letting the Israelis inspect the boat, you avoid civilian deaths as much as possible.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident
“Last campaign, the word flotilla was misunderstood.”
“If not, I don’t see how the flotilla is supposed to immediately distinguish between being boarded by a state acting legitimately versus a violent attack.”
“By the way, the more I read, the more I am convinced that the flotilla was an example of how perhaps well-meaning, American and European leftists/peace activitists, who thought they were on a humanitarian mission, were being used by much more militant, violent activists who wanted to provoke Israel to achieve a major propaganda victory on behalf of Hamas.”
“I do personally think that a positive impact of the flotilla is the prospect of increasing the political space occupied in Palestine by nonviolent resistance to the occupation, and the fact that the flotilla last year had this impact is a matter of public record I give the direct quote from the Hamas parliamentarian below.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Naiman: Occupying Political Space for Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance
“Israel calls the flotilla a provocation and has stepped up diplomatic efforts to block it.”
Voice of America: US Warns Americans Against Joining Gaza Aid Flotilla
“We do not believe that the flotilla is a necessary or useful effort to try to assist the people of Gaza, said Clinton.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flotilla’.
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Very Silly Words
A list of very silly sounding words, as well as words that are fun to say
badot, gardyloo, dingbat, gaffer, kine, haberdashery, forsooth, whey-faced, hoddypeak, brouhaha, widdershins, decemnovenarianize and 115 more...
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Any words List Its open!!
Im savin it for later
awesepoto
cooliest
sup
a-w-e-s-o-m-e
cool beans dude
hit me man
Rock on
Get a life dude
book timeweird, mongolian, 7457, saitin, toejam, aver, misanthrope, blandishment, cadge, fuschia, fuchsia, discotheque and 367 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
abduct, abducting, abductor, Achaea, Achaean, Achilles, advise, Aegean, Aegean Sea, Aegina, aegis, Aeneas and 713 more...
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curmudgy's list
davenport, conquistador, moonblind, unfurl, tortilla, flotsam and jetsum, flash harry, coquet, endomorphism, effluvient, fivers, bawl and 5 more...
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formations
impi, fire team, squad, stick, platoon, task force, company, battalion, battle group, cohort, century, legion and 25 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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Stalking Darkness
Words and phrases from Lynn Flewelling's book, Stalking Darkness.
inquest, halyard, catamount, occlude, founder, more, grouse, grapple, water butt, antepenultimate, palimpsest, hob and 196 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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parody's Words
defenestrate, behemoth, floss, macchiato, glom, emu, alpaca, crocheted, ampersand, charade, conflate, salacious and 193 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, F
felony, frolic, fend, fuselage, farthingale, freewheeling, frigorific, flummery, fancypants, felsitic, flagstone, flageolet and 295 more...
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azd's Words
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DreamieGrl's Words
integral, serendipidy, cordial, interesting, crucial, placate, superfluous, supercilious, scintillating, lush, tryst, mythical and 111 more...
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words I love
uncouth, milquetoast, clusterfuck, salacious, usurp, harpoon, unsavoury, bulwark, legerdemain, qualm, quagmire, trumps and 209 more...
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The Amulet of Samarkand
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's The Amulet of Samarkand.
flunky, provenance, pare, rabbit in a covert, short shrift, bunker, trainers, tatty, lob, injunction, doss, bluster and 193 more...
Tweets
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madmouth Much More Scary Than They Sound May 14, 2009
dimã©lion a thin, flat pancake of corn or flour which mysteriously defies the laws of gravity. Nov 21, 2008