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archipelago

ar.chi.pel.a.go \.a:r-k*-'pel-*-.go-, .a:r-ch*-\ n or archipelagoes or 
   archipelagos [Archipelago Aegean sea, fr. It Arcipelago, lit., chief sea, 
   fr.  pl Xarci- (fr. L archi-) + Gk pelagos sea 1: a sea or other expanse of 
   water with many scattered islands  2: a group of islands