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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Archipelago | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Archipelago | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Archipelago \Ar`chi*pel"a*go\, n.; pl. {-goes} or {-gos}. [It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref [?] + [?] sea, perh. akin to [?] blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See {Plague}.] 1. The Grecian Archipelago, or [92]gean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands. 2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. | |
