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Pronunciation / Transliteration: archipel
"L'Indonésie est le plus grand archipel du monde."
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A extensive group of islands.
"The ship sailed through a beautiful tropical archipelago."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Italian 'arcipelago', from Ancient Greek 'arkhi-' (chief) + 'pelagos' (sea). Originally used as a proper name (the Aegean Sea, which is dotted with islands) and later came to refer to any sea with many islands, and eventually to the islands themselves.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Archipelago" is said worldwide
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archipel
Transliteration: archipel
"L'Indonésie est le plus grand archipel du monde."
Archipel
Transliteration: Archipel
"Die Kanarischen Inseln sind ein bekanntes Archipel."
arcipelago
Transliteration: arcipelago
"L'arcipelago toscano comprende sette isole principali."
archipiélago
Transliteration: archipiélago
"Las islas Galápagos forman un famoso archipiélago en el Pacífico."
arquipélago
Transliteration: arquipélago
"Os Açores são um belo arquipélago no Atlântico."
द्वीपसमूह
Transliteration: dvīpsamūh
"अंडमान और निकोबार एक प्रसिद्ध द्वीपसमूह है।"
群岛
Transliteration: qúndǎo
"舟山群岛是中国最大的群岛。"
군도
Transliteration: gundo
"하와이는 태평양의 아름다운 군도입니다."
列島
Transliteration: rettō
"日本は多くの島々からなる島国であり、広大な列島です。"
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