archipelago
A sea or other body of water with many islandsA sea or other body of water with many islands.
» The archipelago is situated between two oceans.
Meaning
5 senses(broadly)A sea or other body of water with many islands.
a group of many islands in a large body of water
(broadly, collective)A group of many islands.
Archipel, Inselgruppe, Inselhaufen
архипела́гarxipelág
архіпела́гarxipeláh
(figuratively)A thing comprising many other scattered things.
the Gulag Archipelago
A thing comprising many other scattered things.
(figuratively)A cross-game modification system that randomizes in-game abilities and items scattered across multiple and different modded games
(archaic)Preceded by the, and often in the form Archipelago: the Aegean Sea.
Examples
19 sentencesThe archipelago is situated between two oceans.
It's the largest island of the archipelago.
The archipelago is made up of twenty-two islands.
ruАрхипелаг состоит из двадцати двух островов.
Japan is an enormous archipelago.
ruЯпония — огромный архипелаг.
Japan is an immense archipelago.
deJapan ist ein riesiger Archipel.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from Italian arcipelago (“Aegean Sea; group of many islands”), from aThe noun is borrowed from Italian arcipelago (“Aegean Sea; group of many islands”), from arci- (variant of archi- (prefix meaning ‘foremost, primary’)) + pelago (“(open) sea”):
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Forms
plural: archipelagoes / archipelagos| Singular | archipelago |
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| Plural | archipelagoes / archipelagos |
regular