archipelago

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The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Running from the archipelago's capital Sri Vijayapuram in the north to the southern tip of Campbell Bay, the ferry serves as both a passenger and cargo ship linking the 836-island archipelago.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Authorities, treading a delicate line in managing an increasing number of visitors, began last year to recruit more than 500 young men from communities across the archipelago as police "homeguards".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The MV Hondius, carrying around 150 people, was anchored off Tenerife, the largest island in the archipelago near northwest Africa, Spain’s Health Ministry said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Like Tonga, Hawaii became a political entity encompassing several populous islands, but one confined to a single archipelago because of its extreme isolation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond