Chersonese
Alternative forms
Origin
From Latin ChersonÄ“sus, from Ancient Greek χεÏσόνησος
A Compendium of Ancient and Modern Geography: For the Use of Eton School‎ by Aaron Arrowsmith (1831; E. Williams), page 32
  A peninsula (χεÏσόνησος pæninsula, i. e. pæne insula) or chersonese, is a tract of land which is almost an island, being encompassed by water on all sides, expect where it is joined to the main by a narrow neck of land ; as the Thracian Chersonese, the Morea, and Spain. The narrow neck of land, which joins a peninsula to the main, is called an Isthmus (ἰσϑμὸς isthmus
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) as the Isthmus of Corinth, the Isthmus of Suez, and the Isthmus of Darien.
(“peninsulaâ€, originally specifically the Gallipoli), from χÎÏσος (khersos, "dry land") + νῆσος (nÄ“sos, "island").
“chersonese†listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2
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Full definition of chersonese
Noun
chersonese
(plural chersoneses)- (now chiefly poetic or rhetorical) A peninsula.