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archipelago

[ ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh ]

noun

plural archipelagos, archipelagoes.
  1. a large group or chain of islands:

    the Malay Archipelago.

  2. any large body of water with many islands.
  3. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.


archipelago

/ ˌɑːkɪpəˈleɪdʒɪən; ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ; ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk /

noun

  1. a group of islands
  2. a sea studded with islands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

archipelago

/ ä′kə-ĕə-ō′ /

  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

  1. A group of islands near one another.
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Derived Forms

  • archipelagic, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···· [ahr-k, uh, -p, uh, -, laj, -ik], ····· [ahr-k, uh, -p, uh, -, ley, -jee-, uh, n, -j, uh, n], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of archipelago1

1495–1505; alteration ( archi- for arci- ) of Italian arcipelago, alteration of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Greek Aigaîon pélagos
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of archipelago1

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
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With a population of about 3,600 people, the Falkland Islands is an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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A handful of other Australian territories were also hit by the new tariffs, in addition to the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, the Falkland Islands and The British Indian Ocean Territory.

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For the next four hours, the Gulfstream jet cruised northwest above western Africa and the Atlantic Ocean toward the small archipelago of Cape Verde.

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The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia, had long been ruled by a succession of dynasties, out-of-touch with ordinary Filipinos, and their cronies while wealth inequality deepened.

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The plan to cede sovereignty of the archipelago, known officially as the British Indian Ocean Territory, was announced in October 2024 after a deal was reached with former Mauritian leader Pravind Jugnauth.

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