Peloponnesus

[ pel-uh-puh-nee-suhs ]

/ ˌpɛl ə pəˈni səs /

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noun

a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8,356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).

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Also Pel·o·pon·nese

[pel-uh-puh-neez, -nees], /ˌpɛl ə pəˈniz, -ˈnis/, Pel·o·pon·ne·sos

[pel-uh-puh-nee-sos, -sohs, -suhs]. /ˌpɛl ə pəˈni sɒs, -soʊs, -səs/.

Also called Morea.

Origin of Peloponnesus

<Latin <Greek Pelopónnēsos (representing phrase Pélopos nêsos literally, island of Pelops with sn>nn)

OTHER WORDS FROM Peloponnesus

Pel·o·pon·ne·sian

[pel-uh-puh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn], /ˌpɛl ə pəˈni ʒən, -ʃən/, adjective, noun

Words nearby Peloponnesus

peloid, Pelopidas, Peloponnese, Peloponnesian, Peloponnesian War, Peloponnesus, Pelops, peloria, pelorize, pelorus, pelota

How to use Peloponnesus in a sentence

In that case, what did he gain by going to the Peloponnesus at all?
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03|Various
Vast numbers of these insects were soon reared in different parts of Greece, particularly in the Peloponnesus.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction,|Various
Again, what are we to say to the minute knowledge of Greece proper and the Peloponnesus, which Homer has displayed?
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
Because is an old name for the Peloponnesus, or else a large portion of it; whereas the Hellenic name was, as we know, .
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone

Cape Malea is the most southerly point of Laconia in the Peloponnesus, renowned for its storms.
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil