Peloponnese
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See also: Péloponnèse
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos) directly and via Latin Peloponnesus, from Πέλοψ (Pélops, “Pelops”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peloponnese
- A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.
- A periphery of Greece containing Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elis, Laconia, and Messenia.
Synonyms
- (peninsula): Peloponnesus; Morea (historical)
Related terms
Translations
region of Greece
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See also
- Attica, Central Greece, Central Macedonia, Crete, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Ionian Islands, North Aegean, South Aegean, Thessaly, West Greece, West Macedonia
Latin
Proper noun
Peloponnēse