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ar·chi·pel·a·go A0408400 (är′kə-pĕl′ə-gō′, är′chə-)n. pl. ar·chi·pel·a·goes or ar·chi·pel·a·gos 1. A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.2. 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- in Indo-European roots).]
ar′chi·pe·lag′ic (-pə-lăj′ĭk) adj.archipelago (ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ) n, pl -gos or -goes1. (Physical Geography) a group of islands2. (Physical Geography) a sea studded with islands[C16 (meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian arcipelago, literally: the chief sea (perhaps originally a mistranslation of Greek Aigaion pelagos the Aegean Sea), from archi- + pelago sea, from Latin pelagus, from Greek pelagos] archipelagic, archipelagian adjar•chi•pel•a•go (ˌɑr kəˈpɛl əˌgoʊ)
n., pl. -gos, -goes. 1. a large group or chain of islands. 2. a large body of water with many islands. 3. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea. [1495–1505; alter. (archi- for arci-) of Italian arcipelago, alter. of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Greek Aigaîon pélagos] ar`chi•pe•lag′ic (-pəˈlædʒ ɪk) ar`chi•pe•la′gi•an (-ˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən) adj. Archipelago the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, hence, any sea or broad sheet of water containing many islands.Examples: archipelago of isolated communities, 1862; of the Polar Ocean, 1830.archipelagoA large group of islands, or a sea that contains one, for example the Aegean.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of waterisland - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by waterdry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
Translationsarchipelago (aːkiˈpeləgəu) – plural ˌarchiˈpelago(e)s – noun a group of islands. 群島 群岛archipelago
Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.,=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean SeaAegean Sea,
Gr. Aigaion Pelagos, Turkish Ege Denizi, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, c.400 mi (640 km) long and 200 mi (320 km) wide, off SE Europe between Greece and Turkey; Crete and Rhodes mark its southern limit.
..... Click the link for more information. , later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands.archipelago[‚är·kə′pel·ə‚gō] (geography) A large group of islands. A sea that has a large group of islands within it. archipelago1. a group of islands 2. a sea studded with islands Archipelago
Archipelago ExchangeA former electronic communications network that facilitated over-the-counter trading by sending buy or sell orders to the appropriate specialist on the floor of a stock exchange, bypassing the floor broker. It merged with the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 to form NYSE Arca.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.archipelagoenUS
Words related to archipelagonoun a group of many islands in a large body of waterRelated Words- island
- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- earth
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