Chersonese s is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is Latin; it derives from the Greek term for `peninsula`, χερσόνησος chersonēsos, from χέρσος chersos (`dry land`) + νῆσος nēsos (island). It was applied to a number of peninsular localities in the ancient world. These included:...
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peninsula
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• (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
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Cher'so·nese (kẽr'so*nēs) noun [ Greek cherso`nhsos ; che`rsos land + nh`sos island.] A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese , or Jutland; the
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a peninsula.
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