slovo | definícia |
archipelago (encz) | archipelago,souostroví n: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
Archipelago (gcide) | Archipelago \Ar`chi*pel"a*go\, n.; pl. -goes or -gos. [It.
arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref ? + ? sea, perh.
akin to ? blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See
Plague.]
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1. The Grecian Archipelago, or [AE]gean Sea, separating
Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number
of small islands.
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2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with
many islands or with a group of islands.
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archipelago (wn) | archipelago
n 1: a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
archipelagoes (encz) | archipelagoes,souostroví n: pl. [zem.] Petr Prášek |
malay archipelago (encz) | Malay Archipelago, |
Archipelago (gcide) | Archipelago \Ar`chi*pel"a*go\, n.; pl. -goes or -gos. [It.
arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref ? + ? sea, perh.
akin to ? blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See
Plague.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The Grecian Archipelago, or [AE]gean Sea, separating
Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number
of small islands.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with
many islands or with a group of islands.
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Malay Archipelago (gcide) | Malay Archipelago \Malay Archipelago\ prop. n.
A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between
Asia and Australia.
[WordNet 1.5] |
alexander archipelago (wn) | Alexander Archipelago
n 1: a group of islands off southeastern Alaska |
arctic archipelago (wn) | Arctic Archipelago
n 1: all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada
and the Arctic Circle |
bismarck archipelago (wn) | Bismarck Archipelago
n 1: a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the
northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea |
japanese archipelago (wn) | Japanese Archipelago
n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia
extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the
western Pacific Ocean [syn: Japan, Japanese Islands,
Japanese Archipelago] |
low archipelago (wn) | Low Archipelago
n 1: a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia [syn:
Tuamotu Archipelago, Paumotu Archipelago, {Low
Archipelago}] |
malay archipelago (wn) | Malay Archipelago
n 1: a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between
Asia and Australia [syn: Malay Archipelago, {East
Indies}, East India] |
paumotu archipelago (wn) | Paumotu Archipelago
n 1: a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia [syn:
Tuamotu Archipelago, Paumotu Archipelago, {Low
Archipelago}] |
tuamotu archipelago (wn) | Tuamotu Archipelago
n 1: a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia [syn:
Tuamotu Archipelago, Paumotu Archipelago, {Low
Archipelago}] |
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