arcipelago
See also: Arcipelago and arcipélago
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
arcipelago m (plural arcipelaghi)
Descendants edit
- → English: archipelago
- → Catalan: arxipèlag
- → Greek: αρχιπέλαγος (archipélagos)
- → Portuguese: arquipélago
- → Russian: архипела́г (arxipelág)
- → Spanish: archipiélago
See also edit
Further reading edit
- arcipelago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
arcipelago m (plural arcipelagos)
- Obsolete form of arquipélago.