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archipelago Definition

archi·pela·go (är′kə pelə gō′)

noun pl. -·goes′ or -·gos′

  1. a sea with many islands
  2. a group or chain of many islands

Etymology: It arcipelago < MGr archipelagos, orig., the Aegean Sea < Gr archi-, chief + pelagos, sea: see pelagic

archipelago Related Forms

ar′chi·pelag·ic (-pə lajik) adjective

archipelago Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • form: The Maldives is a group of low-lying coral islands, forming an archipelago of 26 major atolls, situated south west of Sri Lanka.
  • include: In addition, Portugal includes two archipelagos in the Atlantic, Azores and Madeira Islands.
  • comprise: Malta geography Malta comprises an archipelago in the central Mediterranean Sea, some 93 km south of Sicily.
  • make: Hundreds of kilometers of coastline, many of which are still unexplored, make the Maltese archipelago a favorite with adventurous divers.
  • create: As a consequence, users of current systems have been conditioned to operate in isolation, thus creating an archipelago of information islands.
  • give: The most recent such episode has given the archipelago a tilt toward the northeast.

Adjective modifier

  • Maltese: Under his vast rule were three small islands of the Maltese archipelago.
  • Indonesian: The islands of the Indonesian archipelago also hold very distinctive faunas.
  • Hawaiian: Honolulu is a harbor city at the southern end of Oahu, the most visited island of the Hawaiian archipelago.
  • Finnish: Hidden rocks make the Finnish archipelago quite treacherous and only experienced sailors with up-to-date charts should navigate them.
  • Japanese: He also has an in-depth knowledge of the flora and fauna of the entire Japanese archipelago.
  • remote: On this unique, remote archipelago in the Pacific, the animals have never learned fear of man.

Modifies a noun

island: The archipelago islands are basically sandy islands that lie in a figure of '7 ' configuration.

Noun used with modifier

  • Madeira: We are unaware of previous breeding in the Madeira archipelago.
  • island: An island archipelago only 20 minutes from Cornwall, with over 100 islands waiting to be explored.

Possessives

island: Hawaiian Monk Seals were first recorded in 1825 at the Hawaiian archipelago's northernmost island, Kure Atoll.

Preposition: off

coast: A look at this remote and now largely uninhabited archipelago off the northwest coast of Scotland in words and photographs.

Preposition: in

world: DAYS 11-12 A virtually unexplored archipelago Franz Josef Land is one of the most recently discovered archipelagos in the world.

Preposition: of

  • island: The South Barra Isles are a small archipelago of islands at the southern tip of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
  • atoll: The Maldives is a group of low-lying coral islands, forming an archipelago of 26 major atolls, situated south west of Sri Lanka.