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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}.]
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1. The Grecian Archipelago, or [AE]gean Sea, separating
Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number
of small islands.
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2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with
many islands or with a group of islands.
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