archipelago
意味
- 群島
- 群島のある海
- 《the A-》(ギリシアと小アジアの間の)多島海,エーゲ海(the Aegean Sea)
例文
The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.
日本列島は酷暑に苛まれている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is borrowed from Italian arcipelago (“Aegean Sea; group of many islands”), from arci- (variant of archi- (prefix meaning ‘foremost, primary’)) + pelago (“(open) sea”): * Archi- is derived from Latin archi-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχῐ- (ărkhĭ-, prefix denoting primary authority or importance), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to lead, rule”) or ᾰ̓ρχός (ărkhós, “leader, ruler”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit, put together”) or *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin; to command, rule”).
辞書順で近い単語
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