navy-blue

We have found lemma(root) word of navy-blue : navy.

Definitions


[ˈneɪvi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the branch of the armed services of a state which conducts military operations at sea
(e.g: she joined the navy in 1990)

- a dark blue colour
(e.g: the dress comes in navy, gunmetal grey, or black)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘ships collectively, fleet’): from Old French navie ‘ship, fleet’, from popular Latin navia ‘ship’, from Latin navis ‘ship’




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