Peloponnesus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Peloponnesus
< Latin < Greek Pelopónnēsos (representing phrase Pélopos nêsos literally, island of Pelops with sn > nn )
Example Sentences
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My daughter and I silently gazed out over a blue that stretched to the Peloponnesus.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019
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 • Oct. 31, 2018
The name Peloponnesus, arguably Western history’s most famous peninsula, literally means “Island of Pelopos.”
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2015
Some cities in the Peloponnesus, however, resisted Athens and formed their own alliances.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
He held that the Sun was so huge that it was probably larger than the Peloponnesus, roughly the southern third of Greece.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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