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archipelago

[ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh] / ˌɑr kəˈpɛl əˌgoʊ /


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The Channel Islands, an archipelago that includes three additional islands outside the park, are nicknamed the “Galapagos of North America” for the flora and fauna found only there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Like him, tens of thousands of migrants have arrived after navigating the perilous Atlantic route to the Spanish archipelago, which Pope Leo XIV will visit during a June 6-12 trip to Spain.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

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

As part of a $9-billion plan, New Delhi is building a megaport, an airport and city on the Great Nicobar island, at the southern end of the archipelago.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The Philippines is an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean consisting of more than seven thousand islands, many of them uninhabited.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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