"An archipelago (/\u0251rk\u0268\u02C8p\u025Bl\u0259\u0261o\u028A/ ark-i-PEL-\u0259-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek \u1F04\u03C1\u03C7\u03B9- \u2013 arkhi- (\"chief\") and \u03C0\u03AD\u03BB\u03B1\u03B3\u03BF\u03C2 \u2013 p\u00E9lagos (\"sea\") through the Italian arcipelago."@en . . .