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archipelago
[ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh]
noun
plural
archipelagos, archipelagoesa large group or chain of islands.
the Malay Archipelago.
any large body of water with many islands.
the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.
archipelago
/ ˌɑːkɪpəˈleɪdʒɪən, ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ, ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk /
noun
a group of islands
a sea studded with islands
archipelago
A large group of islands.
A sea, such as the Aegean, or an area in a sea containing a large number of scattered islands.
archipelago
A group of islands near one another.
Other Word Forms
- archipelagic adjective
- archipelagian adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of archipelago1
Word History and Origins
Origin of archipelago1
Example Sentences
The Raja Ampat archipelago - a group of small islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua Province - has been dubbed the "Amazon of the Seas".
The deal, signed last month, returned sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius, but the UK retained the right to run a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands.
While Norwegian, the archipelago is governed by a treaty allowing people from all countries that signed it to work there visa-free.
Under the terms of the deal, Britain is expected to give up sovereignty of the island territory to Mauritius, and lease back a crucial military base on the archipelago for 99 years.
Across three explosive, landmark episodes, the St. John excursion turned into a franchise-altering nightmare for the women insulated on their little archipelago, hauntingly dubbed “Scary Island.”
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