ARCHIPELAGO
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ARCHIPELAGO , a name now applied to any island -studded sea, but originally the distinctive designation of what is now generally known as the Aegean Sea (Alyaiov iEXayos), its 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 modern Greek, `Ayto irEXayo, the Holy Sea; (3) it arose at the time of the Latin empire , and means the Sea of the Kingdom (Arch ); (4) it is a translation of the Turkish name, Ak Denghiz, Argon Pelagos, the White 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)
Sea; (5) it is simply Archipelagus, Italian, arcipelago, the chief sea. For the Grecian Archipelago see AEGEAN SEA. Other archipelagoes are described in their respective places.
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