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

{{top2}} {{qualifier, {{lang, grc, χ}} transcribed as }} chersonesus {{qualifier, Latin form}} chersonesos {{qualifier, with Greek ending}} chersoness {{qualifier, obsolete}} chersonesse {{qualifier, obsolete}} {{mid2}} {{qualifier, {{lang, grc, χ}} transcribed as }} khersonese khersonesos {{qualifier, with Greek ending}} khersonesus {{qualifier, with Latin ending}} khersoness {{qualifier, rare, obsolete}} {{bottom}}

Etymology

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