1. a group of islands

Examples

• The Hawaiian archipelago consists of eight main islands.
• Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago with over 17,000 islands.
• We sailed through the beautiful archipelago off the coast of Finland.
• The Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea attracts millions of tourists.
• Scientists studied the unique wildlife found in the remote archipelago.
• The archipelago was formed by volcanic activity millions of years ago.