Peloponnesus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Peloponnesus in British English:
UK [ˌpeləpəˈni:səs]
How to pronounce Peloponnesus in American English:
US [ˌpɛləpəˈnisəs]
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- Noun:
- the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
Word Origin
- Peloponnesus (n.)
- peninsula of southern Greece, late 15c., from Latin, from Greek Peloponnesos, second element apparently nesos "island" (see Chersonese); first element said to be named for Pelops, son of Tantalus, who killed him and served him to the gods as food (they later restored him to life). The proper name is probably from pellos "dark" + ops "face, eye." But the association with the peninsula name likely is folk etymology. Related: Peloponnesian.
Example
- 1. An ancient region of southern greece in the southeast peloponnesus .
- 2. An ancient region of s greece in the southeastern peloponnesus ; dominated by sparta .
- 3. So the theory might well be that they were driven away from their old homes in the southern peloponnesus and went up to the northern peloponnesus .
- 4. One of a hellenic people believed to have inhabited the peloponnesus and to have created the mycenaean civilization .
- 5. An ancient greek city in the northeast peloponnesus that flourished during the bronze age as the center of an early civilization .