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Definition of Chersonese

Chersonese
Chersonese Cher"so*nese (k[~e]r"s[-o]*n[=e]s), n. [Gr. 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 Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

Meaning of Chersonese from wikipedia

- Chersonese (/ˈkɜːrsəniːs/) is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is derived from the Gr**** term for "peninsula"...
- town of Gelibolu. In antiquity, the peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonese (Ancient Gr****: Θρακικὴ Χερσόνησος, romanized: Thrakiké Chersónesos; Latin:...
- The Golden Chersonese or Golden Khersonese (Ancient Gr****: Χρυσῆ Χερσόνησος, Chrysḗ Chersónēsos; Latin: Chersonesus Aurea), meaning the Golden Peninsula...
- "On the Chersonese" is a political oration delivered by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes in 341 BC. A short time later Demosthenes delivered...
- and Zealand. Before that, according to Ptolemy, Jutland or the Cimbric Chersonese was the home of Teutons, Cimbri, and Charudes.[citation needed] Many Angles...
- known as Tauris, Taurica (Gr****: Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the Tauric Chersonese (Gr****: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th...
- the colony was established. It should not be confused with the Tauric Chersonese, a name often applied to the whole of the southern Crimea. During much...
- historic facts, the baptism of Vladimir the Great took place in 988 in the Chersonese (or, as it was called by the Rus' people, Korsun), now – Chersonesos Taurica...
- Cape Baba (Turkish: Baba Burnu) or Cape Lecton (Ancient Gr****: Λεκτόν) is the westernmost point of the Turkish mainland, making it the westernmost point...
- Geographia that used the name Malayu Kulon for the west coast of Golden Chersonese, and the 7th-century Yijing's account of Malayu. At some point, the Melayu...