archipelago

noun/ˌɑrkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/

Frequency rank: #9,228 most common English word

Meaning

a group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.

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Example sentence

The Philippines is famous for being archipelago made up of more than seven thousand islands.

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