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 [[man of the Chersonese]]: [[Χερσονησίτης]], -ου, ὁ.
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+|wketx=[[Chersonese]] (/ˈkɜːrsəniːs/) is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is Latin; it derives from the Greek term for "[[peninsula]]", [[χερσόνησος]] chersonēsos, from χέρσος chersos ("dry land") + νῆσος nēsos (island).
+It was applied to a number of [[peninsular]] localities in the ancient world. These included:
+# Chersonesos Taurica, ancient Greek colony located in the land of Tauri (today, in the city of Sevastopol, Crimea); also known as Chersonesos Taurica it was referred to the Crimean peninsula
+# Thracian Chersonese ancient Greek colony located in the land of Thracians (today in Gallipoli); also known as Chersonesus Thracica, ancient name for the Gallipoli Peninsula
+# Chersonesus Aurea, or Golden Chersonese, ancient name for the Malay Peninsula, described by Ptolemy circa 150 AD
+# Chersonesus Cimbrica or Cimbrian Chersonese, ancient name for Jutland
+# Syrian Chersonese, referred to by Plutarch, believed to have been situated in a bend of the Orontes river in the neighbourhood of Antioch
+# Delmarva Peninsula, referred to by King Charles I of England in the 1632 Charter of Maryland as the "Chersonese"
+# Cherronesos (Caria), an ancient city in Caria, now in Turkey
+# Chersonesus (northern Crete), an ancient city in northern Crete
+# Chersonesus (western Crete), an ancient city in western Crete
+# Chersonesos (Sicily), an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, Italy
+# Chersonesos (Thrace), an ancient Greek colony in what is today the Gallipoli peninsula
+# Chersonesus in Europa, an ancient city and bishopric in Turkish Thrace
+# Chersonesus Parva, a town in ancient Egypt
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