archipelago
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Noun (1)archipelagoes
- a group of many islands in a large body of waterType of land, dry landExamples Japan, Hawaiian Islands, West Indies, Philippines, Tierra del Fuego, Gilbert Islands, Greater Antilles, Shetland, Balearic Islands, Canadian Arctic Archipelago +44 moreMembers island
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ar′chi·pel′a·go noun; pl. -goes or -gos (…).
Origin: 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 Ægean 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54