Flotilla Definition

flō-tĭlə
flotillas
noun
A small fleet.
Webster's New World
A fleet of boats or small ships.
Webster's New World
A unit consisting of two or more squadrons of destroyers or smaller vessels.
Webster's New World
A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit.
A flotilla of limousines.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Flotilla

Noun

Singular:
flotilla
Plural:
flotillas

Origin of Flotilla

  • Spanish diminutive of flota fleet from Old French flote from Old Norse floti pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.

    From Wiktionary

Flotilla Sentence Examples

  • The Arakan Flotilla Company has also helped to open up the Arakan division.

  • A large flotilla of boats will travel from Grangemouth through to Bowling over the holiday weekend of 26th May to celebrate the opening.

  • Indeed the step from teaching dinghy sailing to managing a Flotilla can seem a bit of a stretch.

  • For day cruises largest steamboat flotilla hotel are being organized will spotlight the.

  • In 1936 he was A/S officer for the 6th destroyer flotilla in China.

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