Definition of "flotilla" []

• A small fleet. (noun)
• A fleet of small craft. (noun)
• A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships. (noun)
• A similar unit in the navy of another country. (noun)
• Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: "Now [the limousine service] has a flotilla of about 150 cars, more than 200 uniformed chauffeurs” ( People). (noun)

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• "Obviously, if there were, the flotilla is to blame for the violence."
• "One of the primary reasons the Turkish Government has been so angry in its denunciations of the Israeli attack on the flotilla is because many of the dead were Turkish citizens."
• "In other words, the flotilla is more about a show than about reality."