archipelago

ar·chi·pel·a·go

 (är′kə-pĕl′ə-gō′, är′chə-)

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 Ēgēopelagus : Latin Aegaeus, Ēgēus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos; see plāk- in Indo-European roots).]

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ar′chi·pe·lag′ic (-pə-lăj′ĭk) adj.

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archipelago

(ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ)

n, pl -gos or -goes

1. (Physical Geography) a group of islands

2. (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, archipelagian adj

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ar•chi•pel•a•go

(ˌɑr kəˈpɛl əˌgoʊ)

n., pl. -gos, -goes.

1. a large group or chain of islands.

2. a large body of water with many islands.

3. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.

[1495–1505; alter. (archi- for arci-) of Italian arcipelago, alter. of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Greek Aigaîon pélagos]

ar`chi•pe•lag′ic (-pəˈlædʒ ɪk) ar`chi•pe•la′gi•an (-ˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən) adj.

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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.

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archipelago

A large group of islands, or a sea that contains one, for example the Aegean.

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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"

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Translations

أرْخَبيل: مَجْموعَة جُزُر مُتَقارِبَه

souostroví

øgruppe

Archipel

archipiélago

saaristo

archipel

szigetvilág

eyjaklasi

arcipelago

archipelagassalynas

arhipelāgs

Archipel

øygruppe

archipelag

архипелаг

súostrovie

ostrvljeotočje

skärgård

adalar kümesicezzartakımada

quần đảo

群岛

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

(aːkiˈpeləgəu) – plural ˌarchiˈpelago(e)s – noun

a group of islands. argipel أرْخَبيل: مَجْموعَة جُزُر مُتَقارِبَه архипелаг arquipélago souostroví der Archipel øgruppe αρχιπέλαγοςarchipiélago saarestik مجمع الجزایر saaristo archipel אַרְכִיפֶּלֶג द्वीपसमूह arhipelag szigetvilág kepulauan eyjaklasi arcipelago 群島 군도 archipelagas, salynas arhipelāgs gugusan pulau-pulau archipeløygruppearchipelag د جزایرو مجموعه 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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