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archipelago

[ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh] / ˌɑr kəˈpɛl əˌgoʊ /


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The crew found itself off the coast of Palau, an archipelago of some 340 small islands in the Pacific with a total land area of 189 square miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

As part of a $9-billion plan, New Delhi is building a megaport, an airport and city on the Great Nicobar island, at the southern end of the archipelago.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Oceanwide’s roots stretch back to the Plancius Foundation, a Dutch research program formed in the 1980s that conducted annual expeditions to Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago where Longyearbyen is located.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, who is due to visit the Canary Islands next month, thanked the Atlantic archipelago for its solidarity during a Sunday prayer at the Vatican.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

“Hmm...The archipelago makes me think of travel. Perhaps you’ll be seeing the world soon. And the heart with little cracks in it...Perhaps you feel you’re giving away pieces of your heart?”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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