CHERSONESE

Etymology

Noun

chersonese (plural chersoneses)

(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.

Etymology

Proper noun

Chersonese

(historical, usually with "the") The Gallipoli Peninsula.

Source: Wiktionary

Cher"so*nese, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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