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Archipelago - meaning and illustration

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. Subject field:

Marine navigation. (🏛 Hierarchy: Fisheries > Aquatic navigation > Marine navigation )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for archipelago: 🔊

Archipelago /ˌɑːkɪˈpelɪgəʊ/

1.3. Etymology of Archipelago:

Borrowing from Italian arcipelago, ‘group of islands’; from Ancient Greek Aigaion pelagos, ‘the Aegean Sea’; early 16th cent.: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea’. The word was originally used as a proper name (the Archipelago ‘the Aegean Sea’): the general sense arose because the Aegean Sea is known for its large numbers of islands.

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of archipelago:

Archipel

1.5. Definition of archipelago in fisheries:

Archipelago: a group of islands with the sea or ocean surrounding them. It includes parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such.