English-Thai Dictionary
archipelago
N ทะเล บริเวณ ที่ มี หมู่เกาะ tha-le-bo-ri-wen-ti-mee-mu-kor
archipelago
N หมู่เกาะ mu-kor
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ARCHIPELAGO
n.[Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be compounded of Gr. chief, and sea; others of the Egean sea. ] In a general sense, a sea interspersed with many isles; but particularly the sea which separates Europe from Asia, otherwise called the Egean Sea. It contains the Grecian isles, called Cyclades and Sporades.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARCHIPELAGO
Ar `chi *pel "a *go, n.; pl. -goes or -gos. Etym: [It. arcipelago,properly, chief sea; Gr. pref 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
archipelago
ar chi pel a go |ˌärkəˈpeləˌgō ˌɑrkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. archipelagos or archipelagoes ) a group of islands. • a sea or stretch of water containing many islands. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- ‘chief ’ + pelagos ‘sea. ’ The word was originally used as a proper name ( the Archipelago ‘the Aegean Sea ’): the generalization of meaning occurred because the Aegean Sea is remarkable for its large numbers of islands.
Oxford Dictionary
archipelago
archipelago |ˌɑːkɪˈpɛləgəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. archipelagos or archipelagoes ) an extensive group of islands. • a sea or stretch of water having many islands. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- ‘chief ’ + pelagos ‘sea ’. The word was originally used as a proper name ( the Archipelago ‘the Aegean Sea ’): the general sense arose because the Aegean Sea is notable for its large numbers of islands.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
archipelago
ar chi pel a go /ɑ̀ː r kəpéləɡòʊ /名詞 複 ～(e )s C 1 群島, 諸島 ; 多島海 .2 〖the A- 〗＝the Aegean Sea .
The Wordsmith Dictionary