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ar⋅chi⋅pel⋅a⋅go

[ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh]

–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.

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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-uh

n, -juh

, adjective

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ar·chi·pel·a·go (är'kə-pěl'ə-gō')

n. pl. ar·chi·pel·a·goes or ar·chi·pel·a·gos

A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.
A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.

[Italian Arcipelago, the Aegean Sea, alteration (influenced by arci-, chief, archi-) of Medieval Latin Ēgēopelagus : Latin Aegaeus, Ēgēus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots).]
ar'chi·pe·lag'ic (-pə-lāj'ĭk) adj.

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archipelago [(ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh)]

A group of islands near one another.

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Word Origin & History

archipelago

1502, from It. arcipelago "the Aegean Sea" (13c.), from Gk. arkhipelagos, from arkhi- "chief" (see archon) + pelagos "sea." Aegean Sea being full of island chains, the meaning was extended in It. to "any sea studded with islands." Etymologists, noting the absence of arkhipelagos in ancient or Med.Gk. (the modern word in Gk. is borrowed from It.) believe it is an It. mistake for Aigaion pelagos "Aegean Sea" (M.L. Egeopelagus), or influenced by that name.

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archipelago (är'kə-pěl'ə-gō') Pronunciation Key

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

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