Example sentences for: archipelago

How can you use “archipelago” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They share a common ancestry with inhabitants of the Indonesian archipelago.

  • Reached most easily from Kingston, this archipelago of, in fact, 1,700 islands are strung out along the St. Lawrence River for nearly 80 km (48 miles).

  • The folk music of the Canaries stands as a reminder that the archipelago has always been a bridge between Spain and the New World.

  • Recorded history of the volcanic archipelago begins in relatively recent times: 1418, just as the golden age of Portuguese discovery was erupting.

  • The 700 islands and numerous smaller cays (pronounced “keys”) that comprise this semitropical archipelago start 55 miles (90 km) east of Palm Beach, Florida, and arc 600 miles (970 km) southeast toward eastern Cuba and Haiti, like a series of stepping stones linking North America with the Caribbean.


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