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Meaning of Archipelago | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊ

Definitions

  1. A group of islands.
    collective
  2. The Aegean Sea.
    archaic, specifically
  3. Something scattered around like an archipelago.
    broadly

Equivalents

Afrikaans argipel
Беларуская архіпелаг
Български архипелаг
Català arxipèlag
Čeština archipel souostroví
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
日本語 列島 群島
ქართული არქიპელაგი
Қазақша топарал
한국어 군도 렬도 열도 제도
Македонски архипелаг
Bahasa Melayu kepulauan
Malti arċipelagu
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကျွန်းစု
Nederlands Archipel eilandengroep
Polski archipelag
Português arquipélago
Română arhipelag
Русский архипелаг
Slovenčina súostrovie
Shqip arkipelag
Tagalog kapuluan
Türkçe aral Cezzar takımada
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
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