arcipelago

Definitions of arcipelago
  1. noun
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
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    Oceania
    a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
    type of:
    secco, terra, terra emersa, terreno
    the solid part of the earth's surface
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