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Admiral (abbreviated amir. or amir in military usage) is a high military rank used as the highest rank in the navies of different countries. It usually corresponds to a full general of the army. Like general, the word admiral can refer not only to the rank of full admiral, but also to lower admiral ranks. The word admiral comes from the Arabic term عمير البحر "'amīr-al-baḥr" (commander of the seas). The Crusaders learned the term, and it began to be used in Europe as early as the 11th century. There are four admiral ranks in the Finnish Navy, from the highest to the lowest "admiral", vice admiral, rear admiral and flag admiral. In the Finnish Defense Forces, there can be only one officer of the rank of full admiral or general in active service at a time, who acts as the commander of the defense forces. Since the commander of the defense forces has mostly come from the ground forces, so far independent Finland has been
a military rank used as the highest rank in the navies of various countries