HOW TO PRONOUNCE
archipelago
/ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
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Use a “k” sound and stresses “pel.”
The ch represents k, and the later g is also hard; keep the final long o less prominent than pel.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The novel is set in an archipelago.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does archipelago mean?
noun
- A sea or other body of water with many islands.
- A group of many islands.
- (figuratively) A thing comprising many other scattered things.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (figuratively) A cross-game modification system that randomizes in-game abilities and items scattered across multiple and different modded games
- (archaic) Preceded by the, and often in the form Archipelago: the Aegean Sea.
verb
- (rare) To scatter or strew (a place, or something) with things that collectively resemble a group of many islands.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
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Of the archipelago now first visited, there were five only with which our commander became at this time acquainted.
Vancouver is the southmost and the largest of the countless islands forming the great archipelago that stretches a thousand miles to the northward.
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"One might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this Archipelago, one species has been taken and modified for different ends."
As we came inshore, the main body of the archipelago was found to be separated by a mile and a half from the mainland.
In the midst of this archipelago, which is seldom visited by vessels bound for Teneriffe, we were singularly struck with the configuration of the coasts.