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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.

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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 [ark-ee-pel-a-go]

Noun

pl -gos

1. a group of islands

2. a sea full of small islands [Greek arkhi- chief + pelagos sea]

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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 [ɑːkɪˈpɛlɪgəu] n → archipiélago

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archipelago [ɑːkɪˈpɛlɪgəu] n → archipel m

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archipelago [ɑːkɪˈpɛlɪgəu] n → Archipel m

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archipelago [ɑːkɪˈpɛlɪgəu] n → arcipelago