archipelagic
adjective
ar·chi·pe·lag·ic
ˌär-kə-pə-ˈla-jik 
ˌär-chə-
: of, relating to, or located in an archipelago
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The Philippines kept close watch this week on a Chinese fisheries research vessel transiting through its archipelagic waters on an indirect route to the Indian Ocean.
Footage released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the ship, the Song Hang, sailing through the Sulu Sea, east of Palawan.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The Duterte administration, for example, had hedged on enforcement of the South China Sea arbitration during a period of warming with the PRC, and allowed PRC ships to linger in archipelagic waters with little repercussions.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The archipelagic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are mere grace notes on the vast score of the Atlantic, perched near where the equator and the zero longitude meridian cross paths.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The Duterte administration, for example, had hedged on enforcement of the South China Sea arbitration during a period of warming with the PRC, and allowed PRC ships to linger in archipelagic waters with little repercussions.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The archipelagic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are mere grace notes on the vast score of the Atlantic, perched near where the equator and the zero longitude meridian cross paths.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
From inside Epstein's enigmatic waterfront temple to the pristine beaches, pools, and cabanas scattered across his 71-acres of prime archipelagic real estate, the data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Archipelagic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archipelagic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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