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