See Also: Polisario(dictionary)
Polisario(encyclopedia)

archipelago (iou) and Polisario (iou)


archipelago (iou)



archipelago noun. Pl. -o(e)s. Also achipelagus. E16.
[Italian arcipelago (13), from Greek arkhi- ARCHI- + pelagos sea.]
1. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea. arch. E16.
2. A sea or Other stretch of water like the Aegean in having many islands; a group of islands. M16.
archipelagic adjective M19.

Polisario (iou)



Polisario noun. L20.
[Spanish acronym, from Frente Popular para la Liberacion de Sagnia el-Hamra y Rio de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Sagnia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro).]
An independence movement in Western (formerly Spanish) Sahara, formed in 1973. Also Polisario Front.