Archipelago (noun)
ar-ki-pel-a-jo
A large group or chain of islands.
1495–1505; alteration of Italian arcipelago, alteration of Egeopelago the Aegean Sea < Greek Aigaîon pélagos
Example sentences
“The British Isles is an archipelago in the North Sea.”
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