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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from English archipelago.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaɾkiˈpelaɡo/
- Hyphenation: ar‧ki‧pe‧la‧go
Noun
arkipélago (Basahan spelling ᜀᜍ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ)
- archipelago
- Synonyms: kapuruan, kaislahan
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English archipelago, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaɾkiˈpelaɡo/
- Hyphenation: ar‧ki‧pe‧la‧go
Noun
arkipélago (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ)
- a group of islands; an archipelago
- Synonym: kapupud-an
Esperanto
Etymology
From English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago (“Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek άρχι- (árkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arkipelˈaɡo/
- Hyphenation: ar‧ki‧pel‧a‧go
- Rhymes: -aɡo
Noun
arkipelago (accusative singular arkipelagon, plural arkipelagoj, accusative plural arkipelagojn)
- (geography) archipelago
- Synonym: insularo
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English archipelago, French archipel, German Archipel, Italian arcipelago, Russian архипела́г (arxipelág), Spanish archipiélago.
Pronunciation
Noun
arkipelago (plural arkipelagi)
- (geography) archipelago
- Synonym: insularo
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Doublet of artsipiyelago.
Pronunciation
Noun
arkipélagó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ) (geography)
- archipelago; group of islands
- Synonyms: kapuluan, artsipiyelago
Further reading
- “arkipelago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018