English
Pronunciation
Pe*lo-ponn*ese
PEH-loh-pah-neez
Etymology
Pelops, a Greek mythical legend.
Proper noun
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Peloponnese
- Also Peloponnesus; the peninsular (or island) forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece. One of the 13 peripheries of Greece; it contains Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elia, Laconia and Messenia. Known as Morea in medieval times.
Translations
French: Péloponnèse
Greek: (Peloponnesos)
Latin: Peloponnesus
See also
Attica
Central Greece
Central Macedonia
Crete
East Macedonia and Thrace
Epirus
Ionian Islands
North Aegean
South Aegean
Thessaly
West Greece
West Macedonia
Category:Greece
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