Definitions For Chersonese

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.

Derived terms

See chersonesus#derived terms, chersonesus Thracian Chersonese (gallipoli)

References

Alternative forms

transcribed as chersonesus chersonesos chersoness chersonesse transcribed as khersonese khersonesos khersonesus khersoness

Etymology

From "dry land + νῆσος, , island.Oxford English Dictionary, nowrap, 2nd ed." “”. Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1989.

Is Chersonese a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
16

The word Chersonese is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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