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Definition of Flota
1. n. A fleet; especially, a &?;eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
Definition of Flota
1. 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 the production of Spanish America. ¹
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Definition of Flota
1. a fleet of Spanish ships [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flota
Literary usage of Flota
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Modern Europe by William Russell (1789)
"... on their return to Europe, when certain they were partly laden with trea- fure.
They commonly followed the Galleons and flota, employed in ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... of the next flota that comes. Those from France say that the French king has
renewed his ordonnance of October 1688, forbidding the new converts on ..."
3. The Works of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1839)
"CHAPTER V. THE TRADE OF MEXICO SOME ACCOUNT OF THAT CITY THE FAIRS OF ACAPULCO
AND LA VERA CRUZ THE flota AND REGISTER SHIPS. THE trade of Mexico may be ..."
4. The General Shop Book: Or, The Tradesman's Universal Director, Being a Most ...Great Britain (1753)
"... j and the flota for Vera Cruz. At their return, they rejoin at the Havanna,
in the ifland of Cuba. The loading of the Gallions is always the ..."
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