Definition of archipelago Archipelago
/ɑˌɹkʌpɛˈlʌgowˌ/ - [arkupelugow] - ar•chi•pel•a•go
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What does archipelago mean?
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NounPlural: archipelagoes |
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| archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water | ||
| dry land, solid ground, terra firma, earth, ground, land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- archipelago (n.)
The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands. - archipelago (n.)
Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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archipelago
A group of many islands including the waters that surround them.\n(Source: DOE) -
archipelago
A cluster of several islands.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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archipelago
ärk-i-pel′a-gō, n. the chief sea of the Greeks, or the Ægean Sea: a sea abounding in small islands, also a group of such islands:—pl. Archipel′agoes.—adj. Archipelagic (-aj′ik). [An Italian compound from Gr. archi-, chief, pelagos, sea.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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archipelago
A corruption of Aegeopelagus, now applied to clusters of islands in general. Originally the Ægean Sea. An archipelago has a great number of islands of various sizes, disposed without order; but often contains several subordinate groups. Such are the Ægean, the Corean, the Caribbean, Indian, Polynesian, and others.
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An archipelago () is a chain or group of islands. The word "archipelago" means "chief sea", from Greek "arkhon" ("arkhi"-) ("leader") and "pelagos" ("sea").
Types of archipelagos.
Archipelagos are usually found in the open sea; less commonly, a big land mass may neighbor them, an example being Scotland which has more than 700 islands surrounding the mainland. Archipelagoes are often volcanic, forming along mid-ocean ridges or hotspots, but there are many other processes involved in their construction, including erosion, deposition, and land elevation.
The four biggest countries that are mainly archipelagos are Japan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and Indonesia (the world's biggest archipelagic country according to the CIA World Factbook).
The biggest archipelago in the world by size is in Northern Canada, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, which is in the Arctic Ocean.
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🔤- archipelago, noun, singular of archipelagos / archipelagoes.
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