archipelago
A sea or other body of water with many islands.
Other meanings
A group of many islands.
A thing comprising many other scattered things.
A kind of
- land
Word history
From Italian "arcipelago" (Aegean Sea; group of many islands).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “archipelago” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.