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PELOPONNESUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC

Synonyms:

Peloponnese; Peloponnesian Peninsula; Peloponnesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Peloponnesus"):

Sparta (an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC)

Olympia (a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games)

Holonyms ("Peloponnesus" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Derivation:

Peloponnesian (of or relating to Peloponnesus)

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