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Different ships an armada consisted of (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spanish

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'armada consisted of' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'different ships an' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates an anagram (letters placed in a different order).
'ships'+'an'='shipsan'
'shipsan' anagrammed gives 'SPANISH'.

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(Other definitions for spanish that I've seen before include "European language used in other countries" , "Pin sash up for the language" , "Nationality of citizen of Cadiz" , "Nationality of citizen of Malaga" , "His pans are from Barcelona, say" .)

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