archipelagoとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Italian arcipelago, probably a loan of Byzantine or Koine Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος (*arkhipélagos), from 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.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹkɪˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
• ハイフネーション: ar‧chi‧pe‧la‧go

名詞

archipelago (複数形 archipelagos または archipelagoes)

1. (collective) A group of islands.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.

2. (by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.

   The Gulag Archipelago

関連する語

• archipelagic