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Pronunciation / Transliteration: archipel
"L'Indonésie est le plus grand archipel du monde."
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A extensive group of islands.
"The ship sailed through a beautiful tropical archipelago."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian word 'arcipelago', which originally referred specifically to the Aegean Sea (from ancient Greek 'arkhi-' meaning chief + 'pelagos' meaning sea). By the 16th century, the term shifted from a proper name for the Aegean to a generic geographical term describing any large group or chain of islands.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Archipelago" is said worldwide
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archipel
Transliteration: archipel
"L'Indonésie est le plus grand archipel du monde."
Archipel
Transliteration: Archipel
"Die Kanarischen Inseln sind ein bekanntes Archipel."
arcipelago
Transliteration: arcipelago
"L'arcipelago toscano comprende sette isole principali."
archipiélago
Transliteration: archipiélago
"Las islas Galápagos forman un famoso archipiélago en el Pacífico."
arquipélago
Transliteration: arquipélago
"Os Açores são um belo arquipélago no Atlântico."
द्वीपसमूह
Transliteration: dvīpsamūh
"अंडमान और निकोबार एक प्रसिद्ध द्वीपसमूह है।"
群岛
Transliteration: qúndǎo
"舟山群岛是中国最大的群岛。"
군도
Transliteration: gundo
"하와이는 태평양의 아름다운 군도입니다."
列島
Transliteration: rettō
"日本は多くの島々からなる島国であり、広大な列島です。"
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