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Definition: Navy

Navy

Noun

1. An organization of military naval forces.

2. A dark shade of blue.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "navy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Navy \Na"vy\; noun; plural Navies. Old French navie, from the Latin expression navis ship. See Nave of church.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Navy

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

A variable color averaging a grayish purplish blue that is duller and slightly bluer than average delft. . . Source: European Union. (references)

Dream Interpretation

To dream of the navy, denotes victorious struggles with unsightly obstacles, and the promise of voyages and tours of recreation. If in your dream you seem frightened or disconcerted, you will have strange obstacles to overcome before you reach fortune. A dilapidated navy is an indication of unfortunate friendships in business or love. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Navy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A navy is a military organisation that primarily operates in sea-based war.

Most (but not all) armed forces make considerable organisational distinction between the land-based warfare of an Army, the sea-based warfare of a Navy, and the air-based warfare of an Air Force - often splitting the three components into mostly independent forces.

A modern navy typically uses a combination of ships, boats, submarines, and aircraft launched from aircraft carriers.

Many navies include ground forces (marines) to fight on land and defend sea craft.

In many countries, the navy is the oldest branch of the armed services. Hence, for example, the British term "the Senior Service".

See also Modern Naval tactics, sea power.

Merchant navy is a British and Commonwealth term for the civilian seafaring industry, recognizing both the shared hazards of seafaring activity during wartime, as well as the expectation that civilian vessels may be put under various kinds of control by military authorities. In the USA the equivalent term is merchant marine.

Navies of the world

Types of Naval Vessel

For a list of the prefixes used with ship names (HMS, USS, &c.) see ship prefix.

External Links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Navy."

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Royal Navy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, several nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as Britain's amphibious forces, the Royal Marines.

History

The Royal Navy has historically played an extremely important role in the defence of the UK and the British Empire. Because the UK is a country in which all locations are within 74 miles (120 km) of the sea, any power which achieved naval superiority would put it in great peril. Moreover, a strong navy was vital in maintaining supply and communication links with distant locations in the Empire.

England's first navy was established by King Alfred, but soon fell into disrepair. The first reformation and major expansion of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545. The second reformation was under Admiral Robert Blake during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.

The Naval Service didn't really exist until the mid 17th century when the Fleet Royal was incorporated into the Government following the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War. The incorporation of the royal navy was in contrast to the land forces, which are descended from parliamentary forces and hence are not royal.

Between 1690 and World War I, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world with almost uncontested power over the world's oceans. Between 1690 and 1916, the Royal Navy suffered only one major defeat, at the Battle of the Chesapeake, and was able to defeat decisively all challengers, as at the Battle of Trafalgar. They did, however, lose numerous small engagements.

During World War II, the Royal Navy played a vital role in keeping the UK supplied with food, arms and raw materials. See Battle of the Atlantic (1940). It was also vital in guarding the sea lanes that enabled Britain to fight in remote parts of the world such as North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Far East. Naval supremacy was vital to the amphibious operations carried out, such as the invasions of West Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy. See British military history of World War II.

After World War II, the growing power of the United States and the retreat from empire reduced the role of the Royal Navy. The most important post-war operation conducted solely by the Royal Navy involved defeating Argentina in the Falkland Islands War. The Royal Navy also participated in the Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, the Afghanistan Campaign and the 2003 Iraq War.

Nicknames include "The Mob", "The Andrew" and "The Senior Service". One point of pride of the Royal Navy is that it is known simply as the Royal Navy as opposed to other navies which have the national name in them.

The formation of Royal Dockyards at London; Devonport in Plymouth; Portsmouth; Chatham; Rosyth...

The Napoleonic campaigns of the navy have been the subject of many novels including Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey, C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho.

HMS (acronym) = Her (or His) Majesty's Ship

Components of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy Timeline

Famous sailors of the Royal Navy

In approximate chronological order / seniority.

Famous ships of the Royal Navy

For a full list, see List of Royal Navy ship names

Weapons Systems

See Also

Official Website of the Royal Navy

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Royal Navy."

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Royal Swedish Navy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Royal Swedish Navy, or Kungl. Flottan, is the navy branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.

History

On June 7, 1522, merely a year after the separation of Sweden from the Kalmar Union, Gustav Vasa purchased a number of ships from the hanseatic town of Lübeck which is seen as the birth of the navy. HMS Wasa was a 17th-century ship of the navy.

Equipment

It] is currently developing a new class of stealth corvettes, the Visby. Also, a new submarine class, Gotland, has recently been commissioned. Its air independent Stirling engine enables submerged endurance never before seen in conventional submarines.

Bases

Naval Units

Marine Units

The Swedish Navy also includes a number of non-naval units. Through out the 20th century coastal fortifications and artillery, due to Sweden's long coast line, constituted the primary component of this service. The last decade of the 20th century saw the abandonment of the strategy and the force was transformed from the Coastal Artillery Corps to the more regular marine Amphibious Corps. The Amphibious Corps uses the same system of rank as the army.

See also

External links

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United States Navy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of more than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over half a million personnel on active or ready reserve duty. The Navy is part of the United States Department of Defense.

The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which the Continental Congress established on October 13, 1775 by authorizing the procurement, fitting out, manning, and dispatch of two armed vessels to cruise in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America. The legislation also established a Naval Committee to supervise the work. All together, the Continental Navy numbered some fifty ships over the course of the American Revolutionary War, with approximately twenty warships active at its maximum strength.


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After the American War for Independence, Congress sold the surviving ships of the Continental Navy and released the seamen and officers. The Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1789, empowered Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six frigates on March 27, 1794 and in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution went into service.

The War Department administered naval affairs from that year until Congress established the Department of the Navy on April 30, 1798.

History of the U.S. Navy

See History of the United States Navy.

Development of modern U.S. Navy power

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Naval culture

Navy sailors are trained in the core values of Honor, Courage, Commitment. Sailors cope with boredom on long cruises of six months to a year, and cherish their time in their home ports, as well as vacations at ports abroad.

Naval jargon

A distinct dialect of English has developed amongst sailors over the course of the last four centuries. Naval jargon is spoken by American sailors as a normal part of their daily speech.
There are three distinct components of Naval jargon:


US Navy Los Angeles-class
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Common Naval Jargon

Fleets

The 2nd Fleet, Atlantic

The Second Fleet is responsible in peacetime for training the Atlantic battle fleet in war-fighting skills, developing and evaluating new naval tactics and maintaining theater battle group readiness. Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe. It also operates along both coasts of South America and part of the west coast of Central America. In all, it covers more than 38 million square miles. The US Second Fleet is a part of US Atlantic Command. Based in Norfolk, VA, Second Fleet has USS MOUNT WHITNEY as the fleet flagship. The force consists of a balanced mix of capabilities including aircraft carriers, surface combatants, submarines, surveillance assets, amphibious forces, marine landing and mobile logistic units.


US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on November 3rd 2003. Crewmembers and their families are participating in a flag unfurling rehearsal, during a cruise in the Pacific for the crew's relatives. Approximately fifty aircraft can be counted on deck.
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The 3rd Fleet, Central and Eastern Pacific

The main task of the Third Fleet is to patrol and to control the waters of the central and eastern Pacific. In peacetime the Third Fleet has no ARG and the carriers in the area are on their way to the Seventh Fleet or conduct training cruises after an overhaul for example. The Third Fleet hadquarters are Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The 5th Fleet, Middle East

Fifth Fleet maintains a visible deterrent force in the Arabian [Persian] Gulf area. The Fifth Fleet was initially established 26 April 1944 from Central Pacific Force, and disbanded after the war. In the era of the first Gulf War, the region was patrolled by ships from the East and West Coasts, but no defined fleet existed. By July 1995, the course of events made a new numbered fleet necessary. After a 48-year hiatus, the US 5th Fleet was reactivated and it now cruises the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea. Its headquarters are in Manama, Bahrain. These forces normally consist of an Aircraft Carrier Battle Group (CVBG), an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), surface combatants, submarines, maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, and logistics ships.

The 6th Fleet, Mediterranean

6th Fleet

The 7th Fleet, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean

Seventh Fleet, established during World War II, is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. The Seventh Fleet, with the support of its Task Force Commanders, performs three major assignments: Of the 50-60 ships typically assigned to Seventh Fleet, 18 operate from U.S. facilities in Japan and Guam. These forward-deployed units represent the heart of Seventh Fleet. The 18 permanently forward-deployed ships of the US 7th Fleet are the centerpieces of American forward presence in Asia. They are 17 steaming days closer to locations in Asia than their counterparts based in the continental United States. It would take three to five times the number of rotationally based ships in the United States to equal the same presence and crisis response capability as these 18 forward deployed ships. On any given day, about 50 percent of Seventh Fleet forces are deployed at sea throughout the area of responsibility. The Seventh Fleet Command Ship is the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19), forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.

Submarine warfare and nuclear deterrence

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Four F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) fly over the Western Pacific Ocean in a stack formation. Taken October 25th 2003
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Ships of the U.S. Navy

The names of combat ships of the U.S. Navy all start with USS, meaning 'United States Ship'. Non-combat, civilian-manned vessels of the U.S. Navy have names that begin with USNS, standing for 'United States Navy Ship'.

The U.S. Navy uses a letter based Hull classification symbol to designate a vessel's type.

Modern large ships use nuclear reactors for power. See United States Naval reactor for information on classification schemes and the history of nuclear powered vessels.

Notable ships

(See List of ships of the United States Navy for a more complete listing.)

Aircraft carriers

These are the major strategic arm of the Navy. They put U.S. air power within reach of most land-based military power.

Amphibious assault ships

Submarines

These are the other major strategic arm of the Navy as they can be used directly to control naval and shipping activity by other powers as well as serving as missile-launching platforms.

Battleships

Cruisers

Frigates

Destroyers

Others

Early vessels

Weapons systems

Naval aircraft

Notable members of the U.S. Navy

Related articles

Naval bases

External links

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Navy

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
NADEnglishNavy Area DefenseMilitary & Defense

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Navy

Synonyms: dark blue (n), naval forces (n), navy blue (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Navy

ContextSynonyms 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.

List

Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac;

Ship

Navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Navy

English words defined with "navy": able seaman, able-bodied seaman, admiralty ♦ Baltic, Baltic Sea, bluejacket, Boston baked beans ♦ Cape Passero, Charlestown Navy Yard, Chester Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, Commander in chief, commissioned naval officer, constitution ♦ dark ♦ ensign ♦ flotilla ♦ Grand Army of the Republic, Gunroom ♦ Joint Chiefs, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Judge-Advocate General ♦ leave office, lieutenant, lieutenant commander, lieutenant JG, lieutenant junior grade, long tom ♦ Marine Corps, military operation ♦ naval, naval equipment, Naval officer, Naval tactics, naval unit, Navies, Navy Cross, navy man, Navy yard, Nimitz ♦ Old Ironsides, operation ♦ P.O., Passero, Passero Cape, Petty officer, Post-captain, press gang ♦ quit ♦ rear admiral, Rogue's yarn ♦ sailing master, sailor, sailor boy, Saint George's ensign, Secretary of War, shore patrol, Skilligalee, step down, surgeon general ♦ Themistocles ♦ Uniform sword, United States Navy, US Marine Corps, US Navy ♦ Vice admiral, Victoria cross ♦ War Department, War Secretary, Warrant officer. (references)
Specialty definitions using "navy": Able Rating, Admiral of the Blue ♦ BNC, Bridport ♦ Civil Service Estimates, CMS-2, crews of vessels, CROCUS, CROCUS METALLORUM ♦ Fleet Chief Petty Officer ♦ Grace Hopper, ground liaison officer ♦ hacked off, HAT-BLOCKING-MACHINE OPERATOR II ♦ IBM 1620 ♦ Joint Long Range Proving Ground, JUNE 17, Junior Rating ♦ Kvikkalkul ♦ Leading Rating ♦ Master Chief Petty Officer ♦ NELIAC, Nicodemused into Nothing ♦ Ordinary Rating ♦ Petty Officer First Class, Petty Officer Second Class, Petty Officer Third Class, Polywag, portable pneumatic core sampler ♦ Queen of the Northern Seas ♦ RADIO OFFICER, radio operator ♦ Sailor King, Seaman Apprentice, Senior Chief Petty Officer, Shellback, Ships, skyhook balloon, St. George's Cross, Stephen Kleene ♦ tent fabric ♦ ultimatum ♦ Veteran status ♦ YARD INSPECTOR. (references)

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Modern Usage: Navy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Jesus Christ, Kaffee, you're in the Navy for crying out loud (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

The proud men and women of the Navy are protecting America's interests overseas, but your in Lubbuth, Texas hosing down a statue, because your in the Naval Reserve (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I've joined the the Navy again (Born to Dance; writing credit: Buddy G. DeSylva; Jack McGowan)

Jockies. Navy Blue (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

What did they give you the Navy Cross for (G.I. Jane; writing credit: David Twohy)

Lyrics

And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Movie/TV Titles

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965)

Canada's Navy (1962)

McHale's Navy (1962)

We Joined the Navy (1962)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Navy

DomainTitle

Books

  • One Perfect Op: An Insider's Account of the Navy Seal Special Warfare Teams (reference)

  • Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 (reference)

  • The Rickover Effect: The Inside Story of How Adm. Hyman Rickover Built the Nuclear Navy (reference)

  • Psychology Aweigh: A History of Clinical Psychology in the United States Navy, 1900-1988 (reference)

  • Niv Ryrie Study Bible: Navy Indexed (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Pack 'n Play Sheet - Navy (reference)

  • Factory-Reconditioned KitchenAid RKT2651XNV 475-Watt Epicurean Mixer, Navy (reference)

  • Oneida Color Trends Navy Blue 20-Piece Flatware Set, Service for 4 (reference)

  • Pfaltzgraff Tabletones 20-Piece Flatware Set, Service for 4, Navy Blue (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Navy

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Photo Album: Navy

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Map of United States showing geographic variation in the frequency of Navy recruit reactors to histoplasmin, 1958-1965. Credit: CDC.

Navy Diver Leaps From Helicopter. Credit: NASA.

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval. Credit: NASA.

C&GS Ship HYDROGRAPHER as seen from photogrammetric aircraft First photo mission for C&GS was an attempt to determined depths in clear water Project in Florida Keys - ship was used as fixed reference program Cooperative project with Aeroplane Service of the Navy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Navy crewman holding K-1 camera Used on Mississippi Delta mapping project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A view of Charlestown from the cemetery on Copp's Hill in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill further to the north are seen in the central part of the image. Buildings of the U.S. Navy Yard are seen on the extreme right. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"The Navy Yard - Puget Sound". In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 142. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The engineers who built the Marble Point landing strip - the first ground strip in Antartica. Back row - Bill McTigue, Navy Hydro Office; Commander Stephens, USN; __; Dr. Bob Nichols, Tufts University; front row - ___; Father Linehan, Wesson Observatory; ___. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Shrine to _____ Williams who lost his life during Navy Antarctic operations in the 1950's when his tractor broke through the sea ice and he was drowned. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Diver exits Navy Mark I Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC). Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Navy
 

"Chicago 4" by Kenn W. Kiser
Commentary: "View of Navy Pier from observation deck of Sears Tower."		"Dermatograph" by Sachie Yamazaki
Commentary: "Navy pencil."

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Sounds Captioned with "Navy".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Navy; plane; jet; airplane; war; .Clippers; hair; clip; clipping; cutting; cut; Army; Navy; Marines; barber; shave; trim; sideburns.
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Historic Usage: Navy

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

No officer or man of the German mercantile marine shall receive any training in the Navy. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

This would perhaps double the mobility of the American Navy and Air Force. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Navy

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The navy of our fathers used cables, ours uses chains

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Non-Fiction Usage: Navy

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The list is divided into material procurement by Army, Navy and AirForce Materiel Commands. (references)

The UAE navy is small--about 1,000 personnel--and maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats. (references)

Next in order of priority are Navy warships, combat aircraft and the North Norway based 6th Division. (references)

Civil Liberties

Togo

In June the Government refused entry to the MV Alnar, a ship carrying Liberian migrants; however, the Navy helped the ship repair its propeller and provided food and water for the passengers and crew. (references)

Economic History

Luxembourg

Luxembourg has no navy or air force. (references)

Angola

There are three divisions--the Army, Navy, Air Force. (references)

Human Rights

Spain

On January 26, an ETA bomb explosion killed a navy cook in San Sebastian. (references)

Malaysia

A newspaper reported that the group had intended to attack members of a U.S. Navy vessel visiting the country. (references)

Colombia

Responding to the massacre, the army and navy captured 70 paramilitaries, including a paramilitary bloc commander, in a joint operation. (references)

Minorities

Peru

Both the navy and the air force are believed widely to follow unstated policies that exclude blacks from the officer corps. (references)

Political Economy

Honduras

The Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) include the army, the air force, and the navy. (references)

Madagascar

The Ministry of Armed Forces oversees the army, the air force, the navy, and the gendarmerie. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

The Ecuadorian Navy charges a fee for use of its decompression chamber. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Jermals operate under the paid protection of national naval vessels; the navy reportedly has a financial interest in some jermals. (references)

Cambodia

Working with the International Organization for Migration, the Government rescued 73 Cambodian forced laborers on Thai fishing vessels who were arrested by the Indonesian navy in July. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it. "O servant of the Prophet," said the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk to the Mamoosh of the Invincible Army, "how many unconquerable soldiers have we in arms?" "Upholder of the Faith," that dignitary replied after examining his memoranda, "they are in numbers as the leaves of the forest!" "And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy. "Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they are as the waves of the ocean, the sands of the desert and the stars of Heaven!" For eight hours the broad brow of the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was calculating the chances of war. Then, "Sons of angels," he said, "the die is cast! I shall suggest to the Ulema of the Imperial Ear that he advise inaction. In the name of Allah, the council is adjourned."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Navy

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bob Barker

The whole audience. On the Army night was Army. The whole audience on Navy night was Navy. And we took the contestants right out of the audience, just as we do on our daytime show. It would be Lt. Bill Smith, come on down.

Harry Belafonte

I served in the United States Armed Forces and the United States Navy during the second World War as a munitions loader.

Regis Philbin

Here comes challenger. All of center field, coming closer and closer to second base. As challenger reaches second base, in swoops four Navy jets. Right over the stadium, Whoa with a tremendous roar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Navy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801In connection with a navy ought to be contemplated the fortification of some of our principal sea ports and harbors.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809For this purpose those of the civil Government, the Army, and Navy will need revisal.

James Monroe

1817-1825Of the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Under its salutary sanction stores of ship timber have been procured and are in process of seasoning and preservation for the future uses of the Navy.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837You are referred to the report of the Secretary of the Navy for a satisfactory view of the operations of the Department under his charge during the present year.

William H. Taft

1909-1913A modern navy can not be improvised.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929As one result of this, our Navy ranks larger, in comparison, than it ever did before.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953To do that, the Army and the Navy are conducting recruiting drives with considerable success.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Navy

"Navy" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 80.14% of the time. "Navy" is used about 2,027 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (common)80.14%1,6245,121
Adjective (general or positive)19.27%39114,189
Noun (proper)0.59%12101,599
                    Total100.00%2,027N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Navy

The following table summarizes the usage of "navy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
NavyLast name20039,752
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Expression: Navy

Expressions using "navy": Brooklyn Navy Ya ♦ Charlestown Navy Yard ♦ merchant navy ♦ Navy Area Defense ♦ navy base ♦ navy bean ♦ navy blue ♦ navy Cross ♦ navy cut ♦ navy department ♦ Navy Hill ♦ navy list ♦ navy man ♦ navy pilot ♦ Navy Seals ♦ navy Secretary ♦ Navy Theater Wide Defense ♦ navy yard ♦ Navy Yard City ♦ red navy man ♦ royal navy ♦ secretary of the Navy ♦ United States Navy ♦ us Navy ♦ volunteer navy. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "navy": Navy-air, navy-blue, navy-brat, navy-coloured, navy-ink, navy-run, navy-schemed, Navy-stores, navy-trimmed.

Ending with "navy": ex-navy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Navy

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

old navy

20,250

socom navy seal

366

navy federal credit union

7,427

navy advancement

357

navy

5,361

us navy ship

337

us navy

3,403

navy locator

302

navy seal

2,583

navy reserve

293

navy federal

2,116

fed navy

288

old navy.com

1,704

navy seal training

276

navy exchange

1,635

navy uniform

273

navy pier

1,251

department of the navy

265

united state navy

914

old navy store

259

navy lodge

783

royal navy

259

navy ship

717

us navy seal

250

navy cap

560

navy reserves

247

army navy surplus

543

navy rank

242

chicago navy pier

507

navy job

239

socom us navy seal

425

old navy outlet

211

navy college

411

navy times

204

old navy coupon

410

navy bases

198

old navy maternity

396

navy gift

195

army navy store

390

navy seal workout

191
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Navy

Language Translations for "navy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

skuadër (crew, gang, party, section, squad, Square, team), marinë (marine, tamarind), flotë ushtarake detare. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سلاح الدولة البحري, ‏سلاح البحرية, ‏إسطول (fleet). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тъмносин цвят (mazarine, navy blue), военноморски флот (fleet), военна флота. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

海軍 , 海军 (Naval). (various references)

   

Czech

  

váleèné námořnictvo, váleèné loïstvo, loïstvo (armada, fleet). (various references)

   

Danish

  

louiseblaa (navy blue). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zeemacht (naval force), marine. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

mararmeo. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نیروی دریاءی (Armada), ناوگان (Armada, Fleet), کشتی جنگی (Warship), بحریه (Armada). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

merivoimat (marines, naval troops), merivoima, meriväki, laivasto (fleet). (various references)

   

French

  

marine (naval). (various references)

   

German

  

kriegsmarine, Schiffahrt (navigation, shipping), marine (marine, naval). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ναυτικό. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ימיה (fleet), חיל הים, צי (fleet, shipping). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

haditengerészet (naval force, sea forces, senior service), sötétkék (dark blue, mazarine, navy blue, oxford blue), flotta (argosy, fleet, naval). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

angkatan laut. (various references)

   

Italian

  

marina (coast, Marina, marine, naval, seascape, seaside). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ヌ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "nu", established reputation, nail enamel, nail file, nail polish, naked, name, nameplate, name-server, name-space, name-value, naming, native, native speaker, nature trail, navel, navel orange, navy look, Neanderthal, neo, neoclassicism, neocolonialism, neodymium, neoidealism, neoimpressionism, neoliberal, neologism, neologist, neology, neon, neon lamp, neon sign, Neo-Nazi, neophilia, neopolis, neorealism, neoromanticism, neosugar, style of motorcycle having the engine exposed and visible), 海軍　, 海軍 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ネービー , かいぐん. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

해군. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lhuingys chaggee (war fleet). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

marina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avynay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

marinha (marine, saltern, sea-piece, seascape, waterscape), armada (armada). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

marinã de rãzboi, flotã militarã (battle-fleet), amiralitate (admiralty). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

военно-морской флот. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cabhlach (a fleet). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ratna mornarica (naval warfare), pomorski (marine, maritime, nautical, sailorly, sea, sea-born, seaside), pomorska sila (naval power), mornarica (fleet, marine, marines, shipping), flota (armada, fleet). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

marina (marine, seascape). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

marin (marine), flotta (fleet, float, marine, raft, sluice), örlogsflotta. (various references)

   

Thai

  

สีน้ำเงินเข้ม (cobalt blue, navy blue, Oxford blue, royal blue), กองทัพเรือ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

donanma (armada, fleet, maritime power), deniz filosu. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

флотилія (fleet, flotilla), військово-морські сили, військово-морський флот, морське відомство, ескадра, адміралтейство (admiralty). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xanh nước biển (navy-blue), xưởng đóng tàu chiến (navy-yard). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llynges (fleet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Navy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

flothere, sciphere. (various references)

Old French900-1400

navie. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Navy

LanguageDateSource1 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 27
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai apesteilen ciram en th nhi twn paidwn autou andraV nautikouV elaunein eidotaV qalassan meta twn paidwn salwmwn
Latin405VulgateMisitque Hiram in classe illa servos suos viros nauticos et gnaros maris cum servis Salomonis
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Yram sente in that nauee his seruauntis, shipmen, and wise of the see, with the seruauntis of Salomon;
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Basic English1964OgdenHiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Navy

Language1 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 27
CebuanoUg si Hiram nagpatipon diha sa panon sa mga sakayan sa iyang mga alagad, nga mga magsasakay, nga may kahibalo sa dagat, uban sa mga alagad ni Salomon.
CroatianHiram je poslao na tim laðama svoje sluge, mornare koji su poznavali more, sa slugama Salomonovim.
Danishog Hiram sendte sine Folk, befarne Søfolk, om Bord på Skibene sammen med Salomos Folk.
DutchEn Hiram zond met die schepen zijn knechten, scheepslieden, kenners van de zee, met de knechten van Salomo.
FinnishTähän laivastoon Hiiram lähetti palvelijoitaan, meritaitoisia laivamiehiä, Salomon palvelijain mukaan.
FrenchEt Hiram envoya sur ces navires, auprès des serviteurs de Salomon, ses propres serviteurs, des matelots connaissant la mer.
GermanUnd Hiram sandte seine Knechte im Schiff, die gute Schiffsleute und auf dem Meer erfahren waren, mit den Knechten Salomos;
Haitian Creolewa Iram te voye kèk moun peyi l' ki te bon maren pou sèvi ansanm ak moun Salomon yo sou batiman yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariRaja Hiram mengirim awak-awak kapalnya yang berpengalaman untuk berlayar bersama awak-awak kapal Salomo.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka disuruhkan raja Hiram beberapa orang hambanya, yaitu orang kapal yang berpelayaran di laut, naik kapal itu serta dengan segala hamba raja Sulaiman.
MaoriA tonoa ana e Hirama ana tangata ki runga ki nga kaipuke, he kaimahi kaipuke, he mohio ki te moana, hei hoa mo nga tangata a Horomona.
NorwegianOg Hiram sendte sine folk, sjøvant mannskap, på skibene sammen med Salomos folk.
RumanianWi Hiram a trimes cu aceste corqbii, la slujitorii lui Solomon, pe knwiwi slujitorii lui, marinari cari cunowteau marea.
SwedishPå denna flotta sände Hiram av sitt folk sjökunnigt skeppsmanskap, som åtföljde Salomos folk.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Navy

Misspellings

"Navy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anva, avy, eavy, gavy, inevi, Naby, nacy, Nadv, nady, naey, nagy, Namy, nav, nava, navey, navi, Navid, navie, navied, navn, navo, navyr, naya, Nayc, nayi, nayo, neoy, nev, nevvy, niav, nicy, niv, Nivc, niviv, nivr, nivy, novm, novy, nuovi, nuv, nv, nvax, nvu, pavy, ravy, vany. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Navy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "navy" (pronounced nā"vē)
3-ā" v ēDavy, gravy, wavy.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Navy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-n-v-y"

-1 letter: any, nay, van.

-2 letters: an, ay, na, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-n-v-y"
 

+1 letter: navvy.

 

+2 letters: mayvin, sylvan, vainly, vanity, vaunty.

 

+3 letters: anchovy, knavery, mayvins, naively, naivety, navally, sylvans, synovia, tantivy, vacancy, valency, vandyke, varying, venally.

 

+4 letters: cravenly, deviancy, enviably, everyman, heavenly, inviably, natively, nativity, overmany, ravingly, savingly, savvying, sovranly, sovranty, synovial, synovias, unsavory, vacantly, vagrancy, valiancy, vandyked, vandykes, vanitory, varnishy, venality, venially, verdancy, vernally, vibrancy, vicenary, villainy, vinegary, vineyard, voyaging.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction 		13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency 		17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient 		21. Bible Trace
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations 		25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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