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The Word of the Day for November 11 is:

archipelago • \ahr-kuh-PEH-luh-goh\ • (noun) a group of islands

A little more information about today’s word:
The Greeks called it the "Aegean Pelagos" and the Italians referred to it as "Arcipelago" (principal sea), but we now call it the Aegean Sea. Numerous islands dot its expanse, and 16th-century English speakers adopted a modified form of its Italian name for any sea with a similar scattering of islands. By the 19th century "archipelago" had come to refer to the groups of islands themselves, and now it is often used figuratively, as in, for example, "an archipelago of high rises."

My sentence:
When his discovery turned out to be not one, but many islands, Columbus named the archipelago "Virgin Islands" -- after Saint Ursula and her legendary companions, eleven thousand Virgins who took to the sea.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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collide

Some day I will visit the archipelagos of Greece, Hawaii, the Philippines and the Carribean.

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spectre

Someday, I want to go to the archipelago of Hawaii to watch the ProBowl.

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Average-Joe

A seasonal angler pulled out a giant squid near the archipelagos weighing over 200 lbs.

mrsandman

I’m positive it is your turn to sing archipelago , ask the maestro, if you doubt me.

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redravin40

The Aleutian Chain qualifies as an archipelago but it is more suited as a prison then a vacation spot.

SirGoreaxe

I wonder what the archipelago just south east of alaska is like.

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