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chersonese

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Cherson?sus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (khersón?sos, originally, the Gallipoli peninsula; later, any peninsula), from ?????? (khérsos, dry land) + ????? (nêsos, island).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??s??ni?s/

Noun

chersonese (plural chersoneses)

  1. (geography, uncommon) A peninsula.

Usage notes

Aside from dated, poetic, or rhetorical use, the word typically appears in English transcribing works or descriptions of classical geography: the Greek form chersonese being more common in general and generic use and the Latin form chersonesus appearing in the proper names of various famous peninsulas.

Derived terms

  • See chersonesus
  • Thracian Chersonese (Gallipoli)

References

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