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1) Peloponnesus
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The Peloponnese z or Peloponnesus s (Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos; see also list of Greek place names) is a large peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is separated from the northern part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth. During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era, the peninsula was known as the Morea (Μωρ...
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[region] The Peloponnese region (Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου), is a region in southern Greece. It borders the West Greece region to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about 15,490 km². It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis whic...
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peninsula of 8,278 square miles (21,439 square km), a large, mountainous body of land jutting southward into the Mediterranean that since antiquity ... [9 related articles]
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n] - the southern peninsula of Greece
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Peloponnesus, Peloponnese, Peloponesos A large peninsula and region in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. No evidence could be found linking the pelo in Peloponnesus with the pelo meaning 'mud' as shown in this unit. The peninsula has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Its modern name derives from ...
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large peninsula that forms the southernmost part of mainland Greece; named after Pelops, who conquered the area and dispersed his sons over the region to rule; the Peloponnese was the location for the First and Second Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta; the First Peloponnesian War ended in ca. 446 BCE and the Second Peloponnesian War bega...
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Peloponnesus noun the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
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Mainly mountainous peninsula forming the southern part of Greece; area 21,549 sq km/8,320 sq mi; population (2003 est) 1,166,000. It is joined to the mainland by the narrow isthmus of Corinth and is divided into the nomes (administrative areas) of Argolis, Arcadia, Achaea, Elis, Corinth, Lakonia, and Messenia, representing its seven anc...
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