ar·chi·pel·a·go (är k -p l -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  g opelagus : Latin Aegaeus, gus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos; see pl k-1 in Indo-European roots).]ar chi·pe·lagic (-p-l j k) adj. |
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]
| 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. |
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.
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| Noun | 1. |  archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of waterisland - 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
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
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