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   ar·chi·pel·a·go

   /ˌärkəˈpeləˌɡō/

   noun

   • 1. a group of islands: "the Indonesian archipelago"
   • ▪ a sea or stretch of water containing many islands.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea’. The word was originally used as a proper name (the Archipelago ‘the Aegean Sea’): the general sense arose because the Aegean Sea is notable for its large numbers of islands.

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