archipelago

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (collective) A group of islands.
2. (archaic, specifically) The Aegean Sea.
3. (broadly) Something scattered around like an archipelago.

Verb

To scatter or be scattered so as to resemble a group of islands.

Sinónimos

group of islands

island group

islands

chain of islands

Traducións

archipel

archipiélago

Archipel

arcipelago

archipel

Inselgruppe

arquipélago

αρχιπέλαγος

eilandengroep

arxipèlag

أرخبيل

eilandenzee

Inselmeer

takımadalar

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˌɑːkəˈpɛləɡəʊ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Italian arcipelago, formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. (Compare arch- and high seas.) The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a common noun for any sea with many islands, and then to the islands in such a sea.