Chersonese Definition
kûrsə-nēz, -nēs
Origin of Chersonese
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From Latin Chersonēsus, from Ancient Greek χερσόνησος (khersonēsos) (“peninsula”, originally specifically the Gallipoli peninsula), from χέρσος (khersos, “dry land”) + νῆσος (nēsos, “island”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin chersonēsus from Greek khersonēsos khersos dry land nēsos island snā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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