Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large group of islands.
- noun A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] Originally and specifically, the sea which separates Greece from Asia Minor, otherwise called the Ægean sea, studded with a number of small islands. Hence, generally
- noun Any body of water abounding with islands, or the islands themselves collectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
- noun Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
group ofislands . - noun Something scattered around like an archipelago.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The tiny archipelago is located between Taiwan and Okinawa in southern Japan, and is under Japanese control, though China and Taiwan also claim possession of the territory.
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Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity due to its location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire - a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.
Indonesia Tsunami Kills 23, Scores Missing By NINIEK KARMINI 2010
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 This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity due to its location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.
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 This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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This archipelago is one of our nations leading tourist attractions and you can find a lot to do in its capitol of Honolulu.
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This archipelago is continually changing due to its volcanic past and present.
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