noun, masculine/ˈpjelaɡo/plural: piélagos
the open sea; pelagic waters; the sea; something vast, countless, innumerable; pond, reservoir
“Semejase a una esfinge de pedernal eterno erguida ante el abismo del piélago sonoro; sobre ella el Sol despunta doscientos dardos de oro y ante ella el mar levanta su canto sempiterno.”
Synonyms: mar, charca, estanque, laguna
Inherited from Old Spanish piélago, inherited from Latin pelagus, from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). Attested as early as the 13th century, in texts such as Semejanza del mundo (1223) and Calila e Dimna (1251). Corominas and Pascual note the term is popular, or inherited, in medieval Ibero-Romance.