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navy(encyclopedia)
navy(dictionary)
Royal Navy(encyclopedia)
Royal Navy, the(dictionary)
merchant navy(dictionary)
navy bean(dictionary)
navy blue(dictionary)
Navy Bean Soup(recipes)
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, government(law)

navy (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: navie 'group of ships', from Latin navigia 'ships', from navigare; NAVIGATE]
[C] the part of a country's military forces that fights at sea
::the British Navy
in the navy
::Is your brother still in the navy?
::He joined the navy during the war.
[U] a very dark blue colour
::The jacket is available in navy, green, or brown.
-- navy adj