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Meaning of archipiélago



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

archipiélago
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It is the name given to a group of islands that are grouped together and possibly have a common geological origin. Etymologically it means superior to the sea, which protrude over the sea.

  



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furoya

"Set of islands in the middle of the sea", although it has taken some meanings such as "lands surrounded by river arms" or "group of similar constructions distributed in a geographical terrain". At first it was a way of calling the Aegean (with its many islands) with the Greek voices 945; 961; 967; 953; ( archi "superior" ) and 960; 949; 955; 945; 947; 959; 962; ( pélagos "sea" ) .

  

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jeree

eslas sets.

  










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