Meaning of Archipelago | Babel Free
ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊDefinitions
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A group of islands. collective
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The Aegean Sea. archaic, specifically
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Something scattered around like an archipelago. broadly
Equivalents
Afrikaans
argipel
Беларуская
архіпелаг
Български
архипелаг
বাংলা
দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
Català
arxipèlag
Cymraeg
ynysfor
Ελληνικά
αρχιπέλαγος
Español
archipiélago
Euskara
uhartedi
Français
Archipel
Gaeilge
oileánra
Gàidhlig
innis-mhuir
Galego
arquipélago
עברית
ארכיפלג
हिन्दी
द्वीपसमूह
Bahasa Indonesia
kepulauan
Italiano
arcipelago
ქართული
არქიპელაგი
Қазақша
топарал
Македонски
архипелаг
Bahasa Melayu
kepulauan
Malti
arċipelagu
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ကျွန်းစု
Polski
archipelag
Português
arquipélago
Română
arhipelag
Русский
архипелаг
Slovenčina
súostrovie
Shqip
arkipelag
ไทย
หมู่เกาะ
Tagalog
kapuluan
Українська
архіпелаг
Tiếng Việt
quần đảo
Examples
“For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.”
“[I]n his imagination he had settled his route, through Holland and France to Sicily, which he had long wished to see, and from thence to the Archipelago […].”
“the Gulag Archipelago”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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