ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARCHIPELAGO
(Meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian arcipelago, literally: the chief sea (perhaps originally a mistranslation of Greek Aigaion pelagos the Aegean Sea), from archi- + pelago sea, from Latin pelagus, from Greek pelagos.
3 QUOTES WITH «ARCHIPELAGO»
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I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.
I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.
A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCHIPELAGO»
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Perhaps the most Proustian in the series, My Struggle: Book 3 gives us Knausgaard’s vivid, technicolor recollections of childhood, his emerging self-understanding, and the multilayered nature of time’s passing, memory, and existence.
Karl Ove Knausgaard, 2014
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The Gulag
Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary ...
Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, 2007
A miraculous journey awaits, new sights and wonders - but it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them… Praise for Archipelago: 'There's a warmth to this book, an exuberance and a wisdom, that makes the ...
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Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia : from the ...
Gavan Daws and Marty Fujita have done a fine service by putting those two--the man and the archipelago--into one big frieze. This is a lovely, valuable book.
Gavan Daws, Marty Fujita, 1999
In this book, Mackinlay focuses on the situation in Afghanistan to see how threats from one theater of operation impact on us domestically in the UK and in the US. Mackinlay maps the transformation of insurgencies against the rapid ...
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Indonesia:
Archipelago of Fear
Andre Vltchek brings together more than a decade of investigative journalism in and around Indonesia to chart the recent history of the country, from the revolution which overthrew General Suharto's genocidal dictatorship in 1998 to the ...
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Return from the
Archipelago: Narratives of Gulag Survivors
Leona Toker organizes and characterizes both fictional narratives and survivors' memoirs as she explores the changing hallmarks of the genre from the 1920s through the Gorbachev era.
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The Gay
Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia
The Gay Archipelago is the first book-length exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation and home to more Muslims than any other country.
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Archipelago: Portraits of Life in the World's Most Remote ...
This book vividly captures the quicksilver nature of this gossamer strand of shoals, atolls, and basalt islands.
David Liittschwager, Susan Middleton, 2005
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Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian
Archipelago
This is the first major book on the gold jewellery of the Indonesian archipelago in more than 25 years.
Anne Richter, Bruce W. Carpenter, Bruce Carpenter, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCHIPELAGO»
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Coral bleaching threat increasing in western Atlantic and Pacific …
If corals in Hawaii bleach again this year, it would be the first time it happened in consecutive years in the archipelago. Warmer ocean ... «NOAA, Jul 15»
As USA Fans Celebrate Their World Cup Win, Micronesia Licks …
After the team lost 30-0 to Tahiti in a qualifying game for the Rio Olympics, the archipelago state got bested 38-0 in the Pacific Games against ... «TIME, Jul 15»
Pope Francis Visit And Climate Change In The Galapagos: How …
Scientists studying the effects of climate change on the islands have been particularly concerned over the effect of El Niño on the archipelago. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
Tropical Storm Linfa Strikes Northern Philippines
Floods, power outages, and landslides plagued the northern Philippines as Tropical Storm Linfa slowly blew across the Pacific archipelago on ... «TravelPulse, Jul 15»
Ruins of luxurious imperial Roman villa to share its majesty once …
Villa Domitia is on the 4.83 km (3-mile-long) island of Giannutri in the Tuscan Archipelago. Discovery News describes it as a rocky crescent of ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
Maximizing value from the blue economy: Seychelles entrepreneur …
(Seychelles News Agency) - Port Victoria, the main port of the capital of the Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago of 115 islands, is one of ... «Seychelles News Agency, Jul 15»
Football: Seychelles exits CHAN 2016 after losing 9-1 on aggregate …
... the Indian Ocean archipelago will be out to defend the discipline's gold medal won at the last games which Seychelles hosted four years ago. «Seychelles News Agency, Jul 15»
Forth Bridge a World Heritage Site: what else is on UK list?
... Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Stonehenge, the St Kilda archipelago, the 'Jurassic Coast' in Dorset and Devon and Blenheim Palace. «The Week UK, Jul 15»
Short-haul trips that are big on adventure: From Finland to the Isles …
... £70, one-way ticket on the Scilly Skybus plane (0173 633 4220; islesofscilly-travel.co.uk) is worth it for the views of the beautiful archipelago. «The Independent, Jul 15»
Continental and Bluline Enter Strategic Alliance
... equity investments in Food-Energy-Water ("FEW") related businesses and infrastructure projects throughout the Indonesian Archipelago. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
