chersonesen.

/ˈkəːsəˌniːs/

Forms: Also 1600s chersoness(e, 1700s–1800s in Latin form chersonesus.

Etymology: < Latin chersonēsus, < Greek χερσόνησος peninsula, < χέρσος dry land + νῆσος island; spec. the Thracian peninsula west of the Hellespont.

A peninsula. (Now mostly poetic or rhetorical.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula

peninsulaa1552

byland1577

demi-island1600

half-island1600

chersonese1601

demi-isle1609

penisle1611

near-isle1625

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 405 Within the Chersonese of the Rhodians.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 3 Hayles vaster mouth doth make A Chersonese thereof.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 65 A Byland or Chersonesse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 392 Thence to Agra and Lahor of great Mogul Down to the golden Chersonese .

1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. iii. 126 This little Cherosonese,..call'd The Land's End.

1850 W. Irving Mahomet I. 13 That great chersonese or peninsula..known by the name of Arabia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chersonese
释义	chersonesen. /ˈkəːsəˌniːs/ Forms: Also 1600s chersoness(e, 1700s–1800s in Latin form chersonesus. Etymology: < Latin chersonēsus, < Greek χερσόνησος peninsula, < χέρσος dry land + νῆσος island; spec. the Thracian peninsula west of the Hellespont. A peninsula. (Now mostly poetic or rhetorical.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula peninsulaa1552 byland1577 demi-island1600 half-island1600 chersonese1601 demi-isle1609 penisle1611 near-isle1625 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 405 Within the Chersonese of the Rhodians. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 3 Hayles vaster mouth doth make A Chersonese thereof. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 65 A Byland or Chersonesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 392 Thence to Agra and Lahor of great Mogul Down to the golden Chersonese . View more context for this quotation 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. iii. 126 This little Cherosonese,..call'd The Land's End. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet I. 13 That great chersonese or peninsula..known by the name of Arabia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1601
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