archipelago
[ ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh ]
/ ˌɑr kəˈpɛl əˌgoʊ /
noun, plural ar·chi·pel·a·gos, ar·chi·pel·a·goes.
a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
any large body of water with many islands.
the Archipelago,
the Aegean Sea.
Origin of archipelago
1495–1505; alteration (
archi- for
arci-) of Italian
arcipelago, alteration of
Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Greek
Aigaîon pélagos
OTHER WORDS FROM archipelago
ar·chi·pe·lag·ic [ahr-kuh-puh-laj-ik] /ˌɑr kə pəˈlædʒ ɪk/, ar·chi·pe·la·gi·an [ahr-kuh-puh-ley-jee-uh n, -juh n] /ˌɑr kə pəˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən/, adjectiveWords nearby archipelago
archimedes,
archimedes' principle,
archimedes' screw,
archine,
arching,
archipelago,
archipenko,
archiphoneme,
archiplasm,
archit.,
architect
Example sentences from the Web for archipelagic
Here they were—the drift in the eddy of an archipelagic sea.
The Quest for a Lost Race |Thomas E. Pickett
British Dictionary definitions for archipelagic
archipelago
/ (ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ) /
noun plural -gos or -goes
a group of islands
a sea studded with islands
Derived forms of archipelago
archipelagic (ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk) or archipelagian (ˌɑːkɪpəˈleɪdʒɪən), adjectiveWord Origin for archipelago
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
Scientific definitions for archipelagic
archipelago
[ är′kə-pĕl′ə-gō′ ]
A large group of islands.
A sea, such as the Aegean, or an area in a sea containing a large number of scattered islands.
Cultural definitions for archipelagic
archipelago
[ (ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh) ]
A group of islands near one another.