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Definition of naval. 1  1 obsolete : of or relating to ships or shipping. 2  2a : of or relating to a navyb : consisting of or involving warships.
First attested in English in the early 14th century, the word navy came via Old French navie, fleet of ships, from the Latin navigium, a vessel, a ship, bark, boat, from navis, ship. The word naval came from Latin navalis, pertaining to ship; cf. Greek Î½Î±á¿¦Ï (naus), ship, Î½Î±ÏÏÎ·Ï (nautes), seaman, sailor. The earliest attested form of the word is in the Mycenaean Greek compound word ðððð , na-u-do-mo (* naudomoi), shipbuilders, written in Linear B syllabic script.