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单词 archipelago
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ar•chi•pel•a•go /ˌɑrkəˈpɛləˌgoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gos, -goes. 
  1. Geographya large group or chain of islands.
  2. Geographya large body of water with many islands.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ar•chi•pel•a•go  (är′kə pelə gō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gos, -goes. 
  1. Geographya large group or chain of islands:the Malay Archipelago.
  2. Geographyany large body of water with many islands.
  3. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.
  • Greek Aigaîon pélagos
  • 1495–1505; alteration (archi- for arci-) of Italian arcipelago, alteration of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea
ar•chi•pe•lag•ic  (är′kə pə lajik),USA pronunciation ar•chi•pe•la•gi•an  (är′kə pə lājē ən, -jən),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
archipelago /ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ/ n ( pl -gos, -goes)
  1. a group of islands
  2. a sea studded with islands
Etymology: 16th Century (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 /ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk/, archipelagian /ˌɑːkɪpəˈleɪdʒɪən/ adj
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