单词 | archipelago |
释义 | archipelago (once / 1348 pages) n Now here's a word, archipelago, that is super-specific: it means a group of many islands. Wouldn't it be great to build your dream house in the Galapagos archipelago? It seems that archipelago came from the Italian Arciplago, the name for the Aegean Sea, which is full of many many islands. Somehow that became the word for any sea that is chock-full of islands. You can also use archipelago to indicate some other grouping that involves neither islands nor water but is similar to them. Your little sister might create an archipelago of Lego buildings on your living room carpet. WORD FAMILYarchipelago: archipelagic, archipelagoes, archipelagos USAGE EXAMPLESThe Azores are an archipelago of nine volcanic islands located about 900 miles west of Portugal. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The census lists 90 people living on the remote archipelago on 15 June 1764 - 38 males and 52 females, including 19 families and nine individuals. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) “Will you work on the translation in your wooden house on the archipelago?” The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) n a group of many islands in a large body of water Exp|Hyper Cape Verde Islands a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal Tierra del Fuegoan archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina Comoro Islandsthree main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar West Indiesthe string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area Antillesa group of islands in the West Indies Greater Antillesa group of islands in the western West Indies Lesser Antillesa group of islands in the southeastern West Indies Leeward Islandsa group of islands in the eastern West Indies Windward Islandsa group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles Svalbarda Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean Lofotena string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea Aaland islandsan archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control Arctic Archipelagoall the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle Aleutian Islandsan archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska Oceanicaa large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) AustralasiaAustralia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific Austronesiaislands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) Melanesiathe islands in the southwestern part of Oceania Micronesiathe islands in the northwestern part of Oceania Ladrone Islandsa chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 Caroline Islandsa long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines Marshall Islandsa group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia Gilbert Islandsa group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979 Ellice Islandsa group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii Polynesiathe islands in the eastern part of Oceania Malay Archipelagoa group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia Sunda Islandsa chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago Greater Sunda Islandsa chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra Lesser Sunda Islandsa chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor Bismarck Archipelagoa group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea Admiralty Islandsa group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago Isles of Scillyan archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates Hebridean Islandsa group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland Inner Hebridesislands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland Outer Hebridesa 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland Japanese Archipelagoa string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean Ryukyu Islandsa chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972) Volcano Islandsa group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas Frisian Islandsa chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland Orkney Islandsan archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland Shetland Islandsan archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland Palau Islandsa chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean Philippine Islandsan archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands Madeira Islandsa group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal Society Islandsan island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa Paumotu Archipelagoa group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia Austral Islandsa chain of small islands in French Polynesia Gambier Islandsa group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia Marquesas Islandsa group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia Solomon Islandsthe northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth Balearic Islandsan archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain Alexander Archipelagoa group of islands off southeastern Alaska Hawaiian Islandsa group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma the solid part of the earth's surface |
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