Archipelago
WordNet

noun


(1)   A group of many islands in a large body of water
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Etymology


From arcipelago "Aegean Sea" < άρχι- archi "leading" + Greek πέλαγος pelagos "sea"

Noun


  1. A group of islands.
  2. Something scattered around like an archipelago.
    The Gulag Archipelago
 
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