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'''Chersonese''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɜːr|s|ə|n|iː|s}}) is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is [[Latin language|Latin]]; it derivesderived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] term for "[[peninsula]]", [[wikt:χερσόνησος|χερσόνησος]] ''chersonēsos'', from [[wikt:χέρσος|χέρσος]] ''chersos"'' ("dry land") + [[wikt:νῆσος|νῆσος]] ''nēsos'' (island).
As might be expected, itIt was applied to a number of peninsular localitiespeninsulas in the ancient world. These included:
* '''[[Chersonesos Taurica]]''', [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek colony in the land of [[Tauri]] colony(today, on athe peninsulaoutskirts inof [[Sevastopol]], Crimea); the name was also used to refer to the entire [[CrimeaCrimean peninsula]].
* '''[[TauricThracian Chersonese]]''' orancient Greek colony in the land of [[Thracians]] (today in [[Gallipoli]]); known in Latin as '''Chersonesus Taurica'''Thracica, the ancient name for the [[Crimea]]Gallipoli Peninsula.
* '''[[ThracianChersonesus ChersoneseAurea]]''', or '''ChersonesusGolden Thracica'''Chersonese, the ancient name for the [[GallipoliMalay Peninsula]], described by Ptolemy circa 150 AD.
* '''[[Chersonesus AureaCimbrica]]''' or Cimbrian Chersonese, the ancient name for the [[Malay Peninsula]]Jutland.
*[[Syrian Chersonese]], referred to by Plutarch, believed to have been situated in a bend of the [[Orontes river]] in the neighbourhood of [[Antioch]].
* '''[[Chersonesus Cimbrica]]''' or '''Cimbrian Chersonese''', ancient name for [[Jutland]]
*In addition, in the 1632 Charter of Maryland, King Charles I of England referred to the [[Delmarva Peninsula]] as the "Chersonese."
==See also==
[[Category:Ancient Greece]][[Category:Ancient Roman geography]] ▼*[[Chersonesus (disambiguation)]]
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