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