n., pl. -goes or -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).]

archipelagic ar'chi·pe·lag'ic (-pə-lăj'ĭk) adj.

Originally meaning an island-studded sea, such as the Aegean Sea, but now referring to a group of islands, such as the Bismarck Archipelago, to the east of Papua New Guinea.

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(ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh)

A group of islands near one another.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - øgruppe, øhav

Nederlands (Dutch)
archipel

Français (French)
n. - archipel

Deutsch (German)
n. - Archipel, Inselgruppe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρχιπέλαγος

Italiano (Italian)
arcipelago

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arquipélago (m) (Geog.)

Русский (Russian)
архипелаг

Español (Spanish)
n. - archipiélago

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skärgård

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
群岛, 多岛海

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 群島, 多島海

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 군도[가 있는 해역], 에게 해

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 群島, 多島海

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرخبيل : مجموعه من الجزر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבוצת איים קטנים, ארכיפלג, ים עם איים רבים‬

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