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Archipelagic

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ar·chi·pel·a·go  (ärk-pl-g)
n. pl. ar·chi·pel·a·goes or ar·chi·pel·a·gos
1. A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.
2. A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.
[Italian Arcipelago, the Aegean Sea, alteration (influenced by arci-, chief, archi-) of Medieval Latin gopelagus : Latin Aegaeus, gus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots).]
archi·pe·lagic (-p-ljk) adj.
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Adj.1.archipelagic - relating to or part of an archipelago; "an archipelagic war"


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