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cher⋅so⋅nese

  [kur-suh-neez, -nees]
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–noun
a peninsula.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L chersonēsus < Gk chersónēsos, equiv. to chérso(s) dry + nsos 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 
from Gk. khersonesos "peninsula," from khersos "dry land" + nesos "island."
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