archipiélago

Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, probably a loan of Byzantine or Koine Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος (*arkhipélagos), from ἀρχι (arkhi, “main”) +‎ -πέλαγος (-pélagos, “sea”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾt͡ʃiˈpjelaɡo/ [aɾ.t͡ʃiˈpje.la.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -elaɡo
• Syllabification: ar‧chi‧pié‧la‧go

archipiélago m (plural archipiélagos)

1. archipelago

• “archipiélago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024