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Peloponnesus
4 dictionary results for: Peloponnesian
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Pel·o·pon·ne·sus       [pel-uh-puh-nee-suhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 986,912; 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
Also, Pel·o·pon·nese       [pel-uh-puh-neez, -nees] Pronunciation Key, Pel·o·pon·ne·sos       [pel-uh-puh-nee-sos, -sohs, -suhs] Pronunciation Key.
Also called Morea.


[Origin: < L < Gk Pelopónnésos (repr. phrase Pélopos nêsos lit., island of Pelops with sn > nn)]

Pel·o·pon·ne·sian       [pel-uh-puh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective, noun
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Pel·o·pon·ne·sus or Pel·o·pon·ne·sos       (pěl'ə-pə-nē'səs)  Pronunciation Key 
A peninsula forming the southern part of Greece south of the Gulf of Corinth. It was dominated by Sparta until the fourth century B.C..

Pel'o·pon·ne'sian (-nē'zhən, -shən) adj. & n.
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peloponnesian

adjective
of or relating to Peloponnesus; "Peloponnesian War" 

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Peloponnesian

Pel`o*pon*ne"sian\, a. [L. Peloponnesius, fr. Peloponnesus, Gr. ?, lit., the Island of Pelops; ?, ?, Pelops + ? an island.] Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

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