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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 + n
sos island
1595–1605; < L chersonēsus < Gk chersónēsos, equiv. to chérso(s) dry + n
sos island
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| 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.] |
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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.
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Chersonese
from Gk. khersonesos "peninsula," from khersos "dry land" + nesos "island."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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