ARCHIPELAGO  , a name now applied to any See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island-studded See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, but originally the distinctive designation of what is now generally known as the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean Sea (Alyaiov iEXayos), its See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

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 See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, `Ayto irEXayo, the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Sea; (3) it arose at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Latin See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and means the Sea of the See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom (See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

Arch); (4) it is a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish name, Ak Denghiz, See also:

• ARGON (from the Gr. 6.-, privative, and Epyov, work; hence meaning " inert ")

Argon Pelagos, the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Sea; (5) it is simply Archipelagus, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, arcipelago, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief sea . For the Grecian Archipelago see AEGEAN SEA . Other archipelagoes are described in their respective places .