archipelago

archipiélago

Conjunto de islas situadas cerca unas de otras.

En inglés sencillo: A group of islands close to one another.

• We sailed around the archipelago.
• The archipelago contains dozens of small islands.
• Several volcanic archipelagos lie in this ocean.

Sinónimos: island group, island chain

Expresiones frecuentes: tropical archipelago, volcanic archipelago, island archipelago, remote archipelago

conjunto disperso

Conjunto de cosas separadas y repartidas por una zona amplia.

En inglés sencillo: A collection of separate things spread over a wide area.

• The city is an archipelago of neighbourhoods.
• An archipelago of research stations stretches across the desert.
• These parks form a green archipelago among the factories.

Cómo se usa: an archipelago of something (The region became an archipelago of isolated villages.)

Expresiones frecuentes: archipelago of something, urban archipelago