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chersonese

[ kur-suh-neez, -nees ]

noun

  1. a peninsula.


chersonese

/ ˈɜːəˌԾː /

noun

    1. a poetic or rhetorical word for peninsula
    2. ( capital when part of a name )

      Thracian Chersonese

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chersonese1

1595–1605; < Latin Dzŧܲ < Greek óŧDz, equivalent to é ( s ) dry + ḗsDz island
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chersonese1

C17: from Latin, from Greek DzŧDz, from khersos dry (land) + ŧDz island
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Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Located on the northern shores of the Black Sea in Ukraine, the site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the fifth century B.C., including agricultural lands divided into… Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Located on the northern shores of the Black Sea in Ukraine, the site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the fifth century B.C., including agricultural lands divided into rectangular plots called 'chora,' shown.

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Such events were frequent in Greece, in the district between Egypt and Palestine, near Pelusium and Mount Casius, as well as in the Cimbric Chersonese.

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When the Greeks reached the Thracian Chersonese on their way home Hecuba discovered that her son had been murdered, and in revenge put out the eyes of Polymestor and murdered his two sons.

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Clement was then condemned to exile in the Chersonese, and Mamertinus, touched by his submission and courage, dismissed him with the words—"May the God you worship bring you relief in the place of your banishment."

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From the Chersonese the remains of St. Clement were brought back to Rome by St. Cyril, the Apostle of the Slavonians, who, dying here himself, was buried by his side.

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