archipelago

«archipelago» in Mova's school dictionary: A group of islands close together in the sea — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (archipelago, archipelagos or archipelagoes)

meaning for a pupil

A group of islands close together in the sea. tree →

sense 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 →
• The Galápagos archipelago has giant tortoises. tree →
• We sailed around the archipelago. tree →
• Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago. tree →
• The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands. tree →
• Draw the archipelago on your map. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «archipelago» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.