What is "navy"

Navy blue \Na"vy blue`\, n.

1. A dark grayish blue. Also called navy.

2. Prussian blue. [archaic]

early 14c., "fleet of ships," especially for purposes of war, from Old French navie "fleet; ship," from Latin navigia, plural of navigium "vessel, boat," from navis "ship" (see naval). Meaning "a nation's collective, organized sea power" is from 1530s. The Old English words were sciphere (usually of Viking invaders) and scipfierd (usually of the home defenses). Navy blue was the color of the British naval uniform. Navy bean attested from 1856, so called because they were grown to be used by the Navy.

a. 1 Having the dark blue colour of navy blue. 2 Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy. n. A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.

1. n. an organization of military naval forces [syn: naval forces]

2. a dark shade of blue [syn: dark blue, navy blue]

A navy or maritime force is a fleet of waterborne military vessels ( watercraft) and its associated naval aviation, both sea-based and land-based. It is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields; recent developments have included space-related operations. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of Submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications ( brown-water navy), open-ocean applications ( blue-water navy), and something in between ( green-water navy), although these distinctions are more about strategic scope than tactical or operational division.

In most nations, the term "naval", as opposed to "navy", is interpreted as encompassing all maritime military forces, e.g., navy, marine / marine corps, and coast guard forces.

A navy is a maritime fleet.

Navy is a perfume originally created by CoverGirl and now owned by Dana Classic Fragrances. It was released as a women's fragrance in 1990 and a later version was released for men in 1995 (FragranceX however places the release in 1996).

The women's fragrance is considered oriental floral and contains a blend of peach, orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, amber, musk, vanilla, coriander and cinammon. The men's fragrance contains juniper berry, leather, tangerine, nutmeg, geranium, sage, water lily, water mint, lavender, siam wood, balsam fir and musk.