Archipelago
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archipelago is a noun meaning (collective, geography) A group of islands.
Meaning
(collective, geography) A group of islands.
More Meanings
- (now rare, specifically) The Aegean Sea.
- (by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
- (transitive, rare) To scatter or be scattered so as to resemble a group of islands.
Example Sentences
the Gulag Archipelago
For a long time he had kept a pet crow called Topsy; it ate gobbets of cheese from his hand and archipelagoed the floor of his hut with droppings.
There is no debating that there is a Gardener whose gardens are spontaneous as a sunup, no crimson and purple clouds archipelagoing the morning skies.
[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 […].
Word Forms
- archipelagos
- archipelagoes
- archipelagoing
- archipelagoed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include indies, archipelagic, island, territory, group, peninsula.
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