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PELOPONNESE

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PELOPONNESE (noun)
  The noun PELOPONNESE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PELOPONNESE used as a noun is very rare.


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PELOPONNESE (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Peloponnese; Peloponnesian Peninsula; Peloponnesus

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Peloponnese"):

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 ("Peloponnese" 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)


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