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Chagos Archipelago

American  
[chah-gohs, -guhs] / ˈtʃɑ goʊs, -gəs /

noun

  1. a group of islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory. About 75 sq. mi. (195 sq. km).


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In November 2022, the last government launched a route to British citizenship for the descendants of those born on the Chagos Archipelago.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

The seas surrounding the remote Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the focus of the study, include areas of nature reserves where fishing is restricted.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

The study examined sites around the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, focusing on a small fish known as the jewel damselfish.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

The Chagos Archipelago, although 1,300 miles away from Mauritius in the vast Indian Ocean, was nonetheless recognized as a Mauritius dependency under British colonial rule.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021

Island is in the Chagos Archipelago, on the west end of the great Chagos Bank, Indian Ocean.

From Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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