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The definition of an archipelago is a group of islands.

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An example of an archipelago is the Ksmii archipelago in Albania.

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noun pl. archipelagoes or archipelagos

a sea with many islands
a group or chain of many islands

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

Related Forms:

archipelagic adjective

See archipelago in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ar·chi·pel·a·goes or ar·chi·pel·a·gos

A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.
A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.

Origin:

Origin: Italian Arcipelago, the Aegean Sea

Origin: , alteration (influenced by arci-, chief, archi-)

Origin: of Medieval Latin Ēgēopelagus

Origin: : Latin Aegaeus, Ēgēus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios)

Origin: + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

arˌchi·pe·lagˈic (-pə-lăjˈĭk) adjective

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