archipelago

群島、諸島

互いに近くにある島々の集まり。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： island group, island chain

よく使う表現： tropical archipelago, volcanic archipelago, island archipelago, remote archipelago

点在する集まり

広い範囲に離れて散らばっているものの集まり。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： an archipelago of something (The region became an archipelago of isolated villages.)

よく使う表現： archipelago of something, urban archipelago