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Archipelago - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Archipelago : (noun)
1: a group of many islands in a large body of water
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Archipelago : \Ar`chi*pel"a*go\, n.; pl. -goes or -gos. [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 [AE]gean 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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