Sekirov Dictionary

archipelago

UK /ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪɡəʊ/US /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 4

noun5

A group of many islands.
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(figurative) A thing comprising many other scattered things.
- [T]he continent was an archipelago of insulated communities, in which men were separated as much by their social jealousies as by the natural impediments to union and combination. — 1862
A sea or other body of water with many islands.
A cross-game modification system that randomizes in-game abilities and items scattered across multiple and different modded games
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(no longer used) Preceded by the, and often in the form Archipelago: the Aegean Sea.
- [M]any other iles within the Archpelago that is yͤ Gulf be twix Grese and Turkye that cometh from the Grekes see in to the grete see before Constantynople, thorow the brace of Seynt George· — 1502

verb1

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(rare) To scatter or strew (a place, or something) with things that collectively resemble a group of many islands.
- As the seas level, as the seas / Swept into ripples by the breeze, / And archipelagoed by trees, / Majestic spreading oaks, that rise / Like island walls against the skies. — 1912

forms

archipelagoed · archipelagoing · archipelagos · archipelagoes

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