Archipelago

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.
  • n. A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A group of islands.
  • n. Something scattered around like an archipelago.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
  • n. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] Originally and specifically, the sea which separates Greece from Asia Minor, otherwise called the Ægean sea, studded with a number of small islands. Hence, generally
  • n. Any body of water abounding with islands, or the islands themselves collectively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a group of many islands in a large body of water
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