Archipelago
[,ɑːkɪ'peləgəʊ] or ['ɑrkə'pɛlə'go]
Definition
(n.) The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean 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.
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Definition
n. the chief sea of the Greeks or the è‹‚ean Sea: a sea abounding in small islands also a group of such islands:—pl. Archipel′agoes.—adj. Archipelagic (-aj′ik).
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Examples
- The Grecian Archipelago! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We sailed through the barren Archipelago, and into the narrow channel they sometimes call the Dardanelles and sometimes the Hellespont. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The archipelago, though not rich in insects, afforded several new genera, each island with its distinct kinds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On its way west in the Pacific the Beagle spent a month at the Galapagos Archipelago, which lies under the equator five or six hundred miles from the mainland. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For example, of seventy-one spe cies found on James Island thirty-eight are confined to the archipelago and thirty to this one island. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I mean the Island of Melnos, in the southern archipelago of Greece. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- So it is with the other animals, and with a large proportion of the plants, as shown by Dr. Hooker in his admirable Flora of this archipelago. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Galapagos Archipelago, situated under the equator, lies at a distance of between 500 and 600 miles from the shores of South America. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I have sailed all over the Archipelago, and am quite a sailor in a small way. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Once at the Pir?us, and there won't be much difficulty in exploring the Archipelago in search of your Island of Fantasy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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