archipel

Concepts

archipelago

island group

Synonyms

eilandengroep

eilandenzee

Eilandengroep

Archipel

Translations

archipel

Archipel

archipiélago

Inselgruppe

arquipélago

arcipelago

Inselmeer

αρχιπέλαγος

أرخبيل

arxipèlag

aral

takımada

archipelagus

archipèla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɑrxiˈpɛl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: archipel

In summary

Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.