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# archipelago

noun (archipelago, archipelagos or archipelagoes)

«archipelago» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A group of islands close together in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons: Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Hebrides, the Galápagos are archipelagos. Phrases: «a chain of islands».

### Examples

- Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x1)
- The Galápagos archipelago has giant tortoises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x2)
- We sailed around the archipelago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x3)
- Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x4)
- The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x5)
- Draw the archipelago on your map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/#x6)

### Note

Said «ar-ki-PEL-a-go». Plural: archipelagos.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «archipelago» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archipelago/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«archipelago» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/archipelago.html) on Mova free.