Peloponnese

See also: Péloponnèse

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos) directly and via Latin Peloponnesus, from Πέλοψ (Pélops, Pelops) + νῆσος (nêsos, island).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛləpəˈniːs/

Proper noun

Peloponnese

  1. A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.
  2. A periphery of Greece containing Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elis, Laconia, and Messenia.

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Latin

Proper noun

Peloponnēse

  1. vocative singular of Peloponnēsus
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