archipelago

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.

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[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).]

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archi·pe·lagic (-p-ljk) adj.

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archipelago [ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌgəʊ]

n pl -gos, -goes

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a group of islands

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a sea studded with islands

[C16 (meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian arcipelago, literally: the chief sea (perhaps originally a mistranslation of Greek Aigaion pelagos the Aegean Sea), from archi- + pelago sea, from Latin pelagus, from Greek pelagos]

archipelagic  [ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk], archipelagian [ˌɑːkɪpəˈleɪdʒɪən] adj

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archipelago  (ärk-pl-g)

1. A large group of islands.

2. A sea, such as the Aegean, or an area in a sea containing a large number of scattered islands.

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Archipelago the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, hence, any sea or broad sheet of water containing many islands.

Examples: archipelago of isolated communities, 1862; of the Polar Ocean, 1830.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

Translations

archipelago [ˌɑːkɪˈpelɪgəʊ] N (archipelagos, archipelagoes (pl)) → archipiélago m

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archipelago [ˌɑː^rkiˈpɛləgəʊ] n → archipel m

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archipelago

n pl <-(e)s> → Archipel m; the Archipelago → der Archipel(agos); (= sea) → die Ägäis

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archipelago [ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪgəʊ] n (archipelagos or archipelagoes (pl)) → arcipelago

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archipelago

n archipelago [aːkiˈpeləgəu]

a group of islands. argipel أرْخَبيل: مَجْموعَة جُزُر مُتَقارِبَه архипелаг souostroví øgruppe der Archipel αρχιπέλαγος archipiélago saarestik مجمع الجزایر saaristo archipel אַרְכִיפֶּלֶג द्वीपसमूह arhipelag szigetvilág kepulauan eyjaklasi arcipelago 群島 군도 archipelagas, salynas arhipelāgs gugusan pulau-pulau archipel øygruppe archipelag arquipélago arhipelag архипелаг súostrovie otočje arhipelag skärgård, arkipelag, ögrupp หมู่เกาะ adalar kümesi, takımada 群島 архіпелаг مجمع الجزائر quần đảo 群岛