Definitions for Peloponnesus

Peloponnesus Pel·o·pon·ne·sus

Spelling: [pel-uh-puh-nee-suh s]
IPA: /ˌpɛl ə pəˈni səs/

Peloponnesus is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 443 anagrams from letters in Peloponnesus (eelnnooppssu).

Definitions for Peloponnesus

noun

  1. 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).

Origin of Peloponnesus

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

Examples for Peloponnesus

The Heracleidæ then endeavoured to effect their return to Peloponnesus.

In ancient times this territory was called the Peloponnesus.

E' lis—a district and a city in the northwestern part of the Peloponnesus.

It was Peloponnesus that afforded a new home to the exiled poet.

Hitherto the Grecian confederates had sent their deputies to the Peloponnesus.

Ar ca' di a, or Arkadia—the central district of the Peloponnesus.

Megara was lost—and now all the holds on the Peloponnesus were surrendered.

There were thirty-five ships from Peloponnesus, with the Lacedaemonian admiral Pythagoras on board.

He resided at Ephyra, in Peloponnesus, and was conspicuous for his craft.

Spar' ta—a town in the southern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Eurotas.

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