(n) 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. Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n.; pl.-goes or -gos [ It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref &unr_; + &unr_; sea, perh. akin to &unr_; blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[查戈斯群岛 / 查戈斯群島, Chá gē sī qún dǎoㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄜ ㄙ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ] Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛 as largest island, See Also: 迪戈, 加西亞島, 加西亚岛#373494
[迪戈・加西亚岛 / 迪戈・加西亞島, Dí gē· Jiā xī yà dǎoㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄜ· ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄠˇ] Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島|查戈斯群岛, See Also: 查戈斯群島, 查戈斯群岛
[oruriootokage] (n) blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago); Kalabeck's monitor
[がいたい, gaitai] (n) (1) (See 内帯・1) area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; (2) (See 西南日本外帯) area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line
[ないたい, naitai] (n) (1) (See 外帯・1) area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; (2) (See 西南日本内帯) area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line