| archipelago | | |
| n. (object) | 1. archipelago | a group of many islands in a large body of water. |
| ~ cape verde islands | a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal. |
| ~ tierra del fuego | an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina. |
| ~ comoro islands, iles comores | three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. |
| ~ the indies, west indies | the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area. |
| ~ antilles | a group of islands in the West Indies. |
| ~ greater antilles | a group of islands in the western West Indies. |
| ~ caribees, lesser antilles | a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies. |
| ~ leeward islands | a group of islands in the eastern West Indies. |
| ~ windward islands, windward isles | a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. |
| ~ svalbard | a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. |
| ~ lofoten | a string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea. |
| ~ aaland islands, ahvenanmaa, aland islands | an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control. |
| ~ arctic archipelago | all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle. |
| ~ aleutian islands, aleutians | an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska. |
| ~ oceania, oceanica | a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago). |
| ~ australasia | Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific. |
| ~ austronesia | islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia). |
| ~ melanesia | the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania. |
| ~ micronesia | the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania. |
| ~ ladrone islands, mariana islands, marianas | a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521. |
| ~ caroline islands | a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines. |
| ~ marshall islands | a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia. |
| ~ gilbert islands | a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979. |
| ~ ellice islands, tuvalu | a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii. |
| ~ polynesia | the islands in the eastern part of Oceania. |
| ~ east india, east indies, malay archipelago | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia. |
| ~ sunda islands | a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago. |
| ~ greater sunda islands | a chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra. |
| ~ lesser sunda islands, nusa tenggara | a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor. |
| ~ bismarck archipelago | a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea. |
| ~ admiralty islands | a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago. |
| ~ isles of scilly, scilly islands | an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates. |
| ~ hebridean islands, hebridean isles, hebrides, western islands, western isles | a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland. |
| ~ inner hebrides | islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland. |
| ~ outer hebrides | a 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland. |
| ~ japan, japanese archipelago, japanese islands | a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean. |
| ~ ryukyu islands | a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972). |
| ~ volcano islands | a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas. |
| ~ frisian islands | a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland. |
| ~ orkney islands | an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland. |
| ~ shetland, shetland islands, zetland | an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. |
| ~ belau, palau islands, pelew, palau | a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean. |
| ~ philippine islands, philippines | an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands. |
| ~ madeira islands, madeiras | a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal. |
| ~ society islands | an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa. |
| ~ low archipelago, paumotu archipelago, tuamotu archipelago | a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia. |
| ~ austral islands, tubuai islands | a chain of small islands in French Polynesia. |
| ~ gambier islands | a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia. |
| ~ iles marquises, marquesas islands | a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia. |
| ~ solomons, solomon islands | the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ balearic islands | an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain. |
| ~ alexander archipelago | a group of islands off southeastern Alaska. |
| ~ hawaiian islands, sandwich islands | a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| isle | | |
| n. (object) | 1. isle, islet | a small island. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ perejil | a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain. |
| ~ isle of wight, wight | an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel. |
| polo | | |
| n. (person) | 1. marco polo, polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324). |
| ~ traveler, traveller | a person who changes location. |
| n. (act) | 2. polo | a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball. |
| ~ field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions. |
| ~ stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball. |
| ~ chukka, chukker | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided. |
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