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Webster 1913 Edition


Flota

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Flo′ta

,
Noun.
[Sp. See
Flotilla
.]
A fleet; especially, a [GREEK]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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flota

FLO'TA

,
Noun.
[See Fleet.] A fleet; but appropriately a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Crus, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.