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Definition: Flotilla |
FlotillaNoun1. A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships. 2. A fleet of small craft. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flotilla" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Etymology: Flotilla \Flo*til"la\, noun. [from Spanish expression flotilla, diminutive of flota fleet; akin to French flotte, Italian flotta, and French flot wave, from the Latin expression fluctus, but probably influenced by words akin to English float. See Fluctuate, and compare to Float, noun.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Marine, man-of-war's man; (sailor); navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron. |
Ship | Navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flotilla |
| Etymologies containing "flotilla": Flotation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flotilla" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (flotilla), Spanish (flotilla). |
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 | On board USS Topeka (CLG-8) to observe shipboard and fleet operations, 1968. With him are Captain G.G. Halvorson, Topeka's Commanding Officer (left), and Rear Admiral V.P. Healey, Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SIX (right). This photograph was received on 22 July 1968. Credit: NAVY. |  | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861. This example has been hand-tinted in water colors. The scene represents the conversion of the first "timber-clad" gunboats for the Western Gunboat Flotilla, in mid-1861. These ships were Conestoga, Lexington and Tyler, two of which are depicted here. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Group photograph of most of the Flotilla's officers, on board USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3). Taken at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, in late 1903, shortly before the Flotilla left for its voyage to the Philippines. Those present are identified in Photo # NH 54148 (complete caption). Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed circa late 1903, just before starting her cruise from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Manila, Philippine Islands, with the First Torpedo Flotilla, under the command of Lieutenant Lloyd H. Chandler. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Torpedo boats of the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1907. Most of these craft are partially dismantled. The two boats in the front right and the one in the front left (listed in no particular order) are: USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Barney (TB-25) and USS Biddle (TB-26). The two larger boats between them, in the foreground are (left to right): USS DuPont (TB-7) and USS Porter (TB- 6). The three boats in the back row are (left to right): One of the three Torpedo Boat # 3 class (Foote, Rodgers or Winslow), USS Cushing (TB-1) and either USS Gwin (TB-16) or USS Talbot (TB-15). The receiving ship USS Franklin (1867-1915) and a two-masted schooner are in the distance. Credit: NAVY. |  | The upper engraving depicts the U.S. Potomac Flotilla in the Potomac between Freestone Point, Va., and Indian Head, Md., to prevent the passage of Confederates from Virginia to Maryland. Features seen include (from left to right): Tugboat Murray; USS Jacob Bell; Indian Head, Maryland; USS Yankee; USS Penguin; USS Satellite; USS Seminole; Confederate battery at Freestone Point; and the mouth of the Occoquan River. The lower engraving depicts a scene in Falls Village, Virginia, which was occupied by Federal troops. It shows Taylor's Tavern and the northern extremity of the town. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Flotilla of ships in southern Italian port being loaded with supplies prior to assault on the southern coast of France, as barrage balloons hover above. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the flotilla ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. "Hutch" Hutchins, a Salem, Massachusetts insurance broker, serves as commander of the Marblehead flotilla of the Coast Guard Reserve. Along with other members of the auxiliary, he finds time to contribute. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S.A. torpedo boat destroyer flotilla. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | There are two infantry brigades, equipped with armored reconnaissance vehicles and armored personnel carriers and supported by Rapier air defense missiles and a flotilla of coastal patrol vessels armed with surface-to-surface missiles. (references) |
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| "Flotilla" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.82% of the time. "Flotilla" is used about 134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.82% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.18% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "flotilla": Villa-flotilla. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flotilla | 20 |
flotilla holiday | 9 |
flotilla sailing greece | 7 |
flotilla sailing holiday | 6 |
flotilla rinker | 6 |
flotilla sailing | 3 |
1 1 flotilla | 3 |
flotilla windjammer | 2 |
flotilla greece | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flotilla"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | flotilje (fleet), flotë anijesh të vogla. (various references) | |
Arabic | الأسيطيل أسطول صغير, أسطول صغير. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | флотилия. (various references) | |
Czech | flotila (fleet). (various references) | |
Danish | flotille. (various references) | |
Dutch | flottielje. (various references) | |
Finnish | laivue (squadron). (various references) | |
French | flottille. (various references) | |
German | flottille (fleet). (various references) | |
Greek | στολίσκοσ, στολίσκος, ναυτική μοίρα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שיטת (fleet, squadron). (various references) | |
Hungarian | flottilla, flotilla, kis hajóraj. (various references) | |
Italian | flottiglia. (various references) | |
Manx | myn-lhuingys. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otillaflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flotilha. (various references) | |
Romanian | flotilã (fleet, squadron). (various references) | |
Russian | флотилия. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | flotila. (various references) | |
Spanish | flotilla. (various references) | |
Swedish | flottilj (wing). (various references) | |
Turkish | filotilla, küçük filo. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | флотилія (fleet, navy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đội tàu nhỏ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flotilla": flotillas. (additional references) | |
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"Flotilla" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fflotilla, Fiorillo, Flatville, Flautilla, floatilla, flotels, Latilla, Plautilla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flotilla" (pronounced flōti"lu) |
| 4 | -t i" l u | Mantilla, scintilla. |
| 3 | -i" l u | Armilla, chinchilla, gorilla, guerilla, guerrilla, Manila, manilla, maxilla, Scilla, vanilla, Villa, Zillah. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-l-l-o-t" | |
-2 letters: tallol. | |
-3 letters: allot, aloft, atoll, fillo, flail, float, flota, folia. | |
-4 letters: alif, alit, alto, fail, fall, fiat, fila, fill, filo, flat, flit, foal, foil, iota, lall, lati, lift, lilt, loaf, loft, loll, lota, loti, olla, tail, tali, tall, till, toil, tola, toll. | |
-5 letters: aft, ail, ait, all, alt, fat, fil, fit, ill, lat, lit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-l-l-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: flotillas. | |
+4 letters: flagellation. | |
+5 letters: flagellations, floricultural, floristically. | |
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