archipelago
nounmasculine/ɐɾkiˈpɛlɐɡu/medium
ar·qui·pé·la·go
Definition
A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
The Philippine archipelago comprises over 7,000 islands.
He sailed through the Greek archipelago.
Common collocations
vast archipelagotropical archipelagovolcanic archipelagoislands of the archipelago
Etymology
Do grego 'archi-' (principal) + 'pelagos' (mar), através do italiano 'arcipelago'.