Archipelago

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

II. Archipelago ·noun The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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