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navy blue

navy blue noun: a dark blue color.

Noun

navy blue (countable and uncountable, plural navy blues)

  1. A dark blue color.
    Synonyms:
    navy

Adjective

navy blue (comparative more navy blue, superlative most navy blue)

  1. Having a navy blue color.

navy blue meaning in Malayalam, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

navy blue in Malayalam

navy blue or a darker shade of blue
നൈല്യ nailya

navy blue in Tagalog

a dark blue color
bughaw hukbong dagat

navy blue in Arabic

a dark blue color
كُحْلِيّ kuḥliyy

navy blue in Malay

a dark blue color
biru laut
More languagesFewer languages
navy blue in Indonesian
biru laut
navy blue in Thai
กรมท่า grom-má-tâa
navy blue in Vietnamese
màu xanh nước biển

Synonyms of navy blue

Forms of navy blue

Noun
pluralnavy blues
Adjective
comparativemore navy blue
superlativemost navy blue

Origin of navy blue

So called because it was the color of the British naval uniform.

Questions about navy blue

What does navy blue mean?
Navy blue means a dark blue color.
What is navy blue in Malayalam?
Navy blue in Malayalam is നൈല്യ (nailya). See Navy blue meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is navy blue?
Navy blue can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of navy blue?
The plural of navy blue is navy blues.

Words near navy blue in the dictionary

  1. navvying
  2. navy
  3. Navy Base
  4. navy bean
  5. navy beans
  6. navy blue
  7. navy blues
  8. navy list
  9. navy lists
  10. navy shower
  11. navy showers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: navy blue (page history and authors); നൈല്യ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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