Peloponnesus

[ pel-uh-puh-nee-suh s ]

/ ˌpɛl ə pəˈni səs /

noun

a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).

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, -suh s] /ˌpɛl ə pəˈni sɒs, -soʊs, -səs/.

Origin of Peloponnesus

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

Also called Morea.

Related forms

Pel·o·pon·ne·sian

[pel-uh-puh-nee-zhuh n, -shuh n] /ˌpɛl ə pəˈni ʒən, -ʃən/, adjective, noun

Examples from the Web for peloponnesus

Acarnania marks the line of country, which formed the ordinary route from Thessaly to Peloponnesus.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
Pausanias mentions an Omphalus in the Peloponnesus, which was said to have been the middle of that country.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
This importation corresponds perhaps with the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnesus.
The Races of Man|Joseph Deniker
Marcellus crossed over from Delphi, and the Ætolian council, into Peloponnesus, where lie had summoned a diet of the Achæans.
The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End|Titus Livius

Geographically it would appear likely to be in the Peloponnesus.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone