arkipelago
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English archipelago.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arkipélago
- archipelago
- Synonym: kapuruan
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English archipelago, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arkipelago
- a group of islands; an archipelago
Esperanto edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago (“Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek άρχι- (árkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
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Noun edit
arkipelago (accusative singular arkipelagon, plural arkipelagoj, accusative plural arkipelagojn)
- (geography) archipelago
- Synonym: insularo
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English archipelago, French archipel, German Archipel, Italian arcipelago, Russian архипела́г (arxipelág), Spanish archipiélago.
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Noun edit
arkipelago (plural arkipelagi)
- (geography) archipelago
- Synonym: insularo
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Doublet of artsipiyelago.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɾkiˈpelaɡo/, [ʔɐɾ.kɪˈpɛ.lɐ.ɣo]
- Rhymes: -elaɡo
- Syllabification: ar‧ki‧pe‧la‧go
Noun edit
arkipélagó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ) (geography)
- archipelago; group of islands
- Synonyms: kapuluan, artsipiyelago
Further reading edit
- “arkipelago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018