Är'chi-pĕl'a-go, n.

n. [It. arcipelago, properly chief sea, from Gr. prefix ἀρχι, equiv. to Eng. arch, q. v., and πέλαγος, sea.] Specifically, and originally, the sea which separates Greece from Asia Minor, otherwise called the Egean Sea, which is studded with a vast number of small islands;—in a general sense, any body of water interspersed with many isles, or a group of isles.