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
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British Dictionary definitions for archipelago
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 archipelago
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 archipelago
archipelago
[ (ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh) ]
A group of islands near one another.