Of or relating to an archipelago; characteristic of or found in island groups.
From 'archipelago' + '-ian' (relating to). 'Archipelago' comes from Italian 'arcipelago,' from Greek 'arkhi-' (chief) + 'pelagos' (sea), originally naming the Aegean Sea's islands.
The word 'archipelago' literally meant 'chief sea' when Greeks named the Aegean—it's amazing that the word for scattered islands started as a name for one specific body of water!
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