Peloponnesus

American  

[pel-uh-puh-nee-suhs] / ˌpɛl ə pəˈni səs /

Also Peloponnese

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Peloponnesian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Peloponnesus

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

Example Sentences

My daughter and I silently gazed out over a blue that stretched to the Peloponnesus.

From Washington Post

One of the best vacations for both learning and lounging we ever took was to the Peloponnesus, an unspoiled part of Greece, with an initial stop in Athens to visit the Acropolis.

From New York Times

He held that the Sun was so huge that it was probably larger than the Peloponnesus, roughly the southern third of Greece.

From Literature

Instead, he stayed alone in the bow, brooding for the three days it took them to reach the tip of the Peloponnesus peninsula, the first safe port they could find.

From Literature

At the later period with which we are dealing, refugees from the Peloponnesus, who would not submit to the Dorian yoke, had been long settled in Ionia.

From Project Gutenberg