Peloponnese

From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos) directly and via Latin Peloponnesus, from Πέλοψ (Pélops, “Pelops”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛləpəˈniːs/

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Peloponnese

1. A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.
2. A periphery of Greece containing Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elis, Laconia, and Messenia.

• (peninsula): Peloponnesus; Morea (historical)

• Peloponnesian

• Attica, Central Greece, Central Macedonia, Crete, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Ionian Islands, North Aegean, South Aegean, Thessaly, West Greece, West Macedonia

Peloponnēse

1. vocative singular of Peloponnēsus