Definition of Archipelago. Meaning of Archipelago. Synonyms of Archipelago

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Definition of Archipelago

Archipelago
Archipelago Ar`chi*pel"a*go, n.; pl. -goes or -gos. [It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref ? + ? sea, perh. akin to ? blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague.] 1. The Grecian Archipelago, or [AE]gean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands. 2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

Meaning of Archipelago from wikipedia

- An archipelago (/ˌɑːrkəˈpɛləɡoʊ/ AR-kə-PEL-ə-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An...
- The Chagos Archipelago (/ˈtʃɑːɡəs, -ɡoʊs/, also UK: /ˈtʃeɪɡɒs/) or Chagos Islands (formerly B****as de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of...
- the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North...
- The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 900 km (560 mi)...
- The Archipelago is a township in central Ontario, Canada, along the Georgian Bay in the Parry Sound District. The muni****lity consists of two non-contiguous...
- Autónoma da Madeira), is an autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just...
- The British Isles are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great...
- Malay Archipelago is the archipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, and is also called Insulindia or the Indo-Australian Archipelago. The...
- Look up archipelago in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. Archipelago(s) may...
- The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, romanized: Arkhipelag GULAG) is a three-volume nonfiction series...