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archipelago - use in sentences
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.
- 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: 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.
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