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chersonese |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chersonese \Cher"so*nese\ (k[~e]r"s[-o]*n[=e]s), n. [Gr. cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos island.] A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
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