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archipelagian

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ar⋅chi⋅pel⋅a⋅go

  [ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh]
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–noun, plural -gos, -goes.
1. a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
2. any large body of water with many islands.
3. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.
Origin:
1495–1505; alter. ( archi- for arci-) of It arcipelago, alter. of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Gk Aigaîon pélagos

Related forms:
ar⋅chi⋅pe⋅lag⋅ic  [ahr-kuh-puh-laj-ik] , ar⋅chi⋅pe⋅la⋅gi⋅an  [ahr-kuh-puh-ley-jee-uhn, -juhn] , adjective
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Financial Dictionary

Archipelago

An electronic communications network formed in 1996 as one of the four original ECNs approved by the SEC. The network offers what is essentially a national and visible limit order book for stocks. In 2001 Archipelago received SEC approval to launch Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), an electronic stock market for New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq securities. ArcaEx is operated as a regulated facility of the Pacific Exchange.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Science Dictionary
archipelago   (är'kə-pěl'ə-gō')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A large group of islands.

  2. A sea, such as the Aegean, or an area in a sea containing a large number of scattered islands.


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