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cher⋅so⋅nese

[kur-suh-neez, -nees]
–noun
a peninsula.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L chersonēsus < Gk chersónēsos, equiv. to chérso(s) dry + nsos island
cher·so·nese   (kûr'sə-nēz', -nēs')   
n.  A peninsula.

[Latin chersonēsus, from Greek khersonēsos : khersos, dry land + nēsos, island; see snā- in Indo-European roots.]

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.

Chersonese 
from Gk. khersonesos "peninsula," from khersos "dry land" + nesos "island."
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