arcipelago

== Italian == === Etymology === Formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a common noun for any sea with many islands, and then to the islands in such a sea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ar.t͡ʃiˈpɛ.la.ɡo/ Rhymes: -ɛlaɡo Hyphenation: ar‧ci‧pè‧la‧go === Noun === arcipelago m (plural arcipelaghi) archipelago ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: أَرْخَبِيل (ʔarḵabīl) → Catalan: arxipèlag → English: archipelago → Greek: αρχιπέλαγος (archipélagos) → Portuguese: arquipélago → Russian: архипела́г (arxipelág) → Spanish: archipiélago ==== See also ==== isola === Further reading === arcipelago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Noun === arcipelago m (plural arcipelagos) obsolete form of arquipélago