archipelago

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=chi=pel=a=go

CIDE DICTIONARY

archipelago, n. [It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref + sea, perh. akin to blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague.].

•  The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

archipelago, n. (pl. -os or -oes)
1 a group of islands.
2 a sea with many islands.

Etymology

It. arcipelago f. Gk arkhi- chief + pelagos sea (orig. = the Aegean Sea)

THESAURUS

archipelago

ait, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, isle, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar

ROGET THESAURUS

archipelago

Island

N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.