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ARCHIPELAGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 369 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCHIPELAGO  , a name now applied to any

island-studded sea, but originally the distinctive designation of what is now generally known as the
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Aegean Sea (Alyaiov iEXayos), its ancient name having been revived . Several etymologies have been proposed: e.g . (I) it is a corruption of the ancient name, Egeopelago; (2) it is from the
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modern Greek, `Ayto irEXayo, the
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Holy Sea; (3) it arose at the time of the Latin
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empire, and means the Sea of the
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Kingdom (Arch); (4) it is a
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translation of the
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Turkish name, Ak Denghiz, Argon Pelagos, the White Sea; (5) it is simply Archipelagus,
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Italian, arcipelago, the chief sea . For the Grecian Archipelago see AEGEAN SEA . Other archipelagoes are described in their respective places .

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