arquipélago
Galician
Further reading
- “arquipélago” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
arquipélago dos Açores
Alternative forms
- archipelago (obsolete)
- arcipelago (obsolete)
- arcipélago (archaic)
Etymology
From Italian arcipelago,[1] Byzantine Greek ἀρχιπέλαγος (arkhipélagos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/ [ah.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/ [aχ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɐ.ɡu/ [ɐɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɐ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: ar‧qui‧pé‧la‧go
References
- “arquipélago” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Further reading
- “arquipélago” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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