Definition of Archepelago

Definition of Archepelago

Archipel`ago, originally the Ægean Sea, now the name of any similar sea interspersed with islands, or the group of islands included in it.

- Wikipedia

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 Ægean 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a group of islands
something scattered around like an archipelago (1)
Archipelago Gulag

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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