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Webster 1913 Edition

Chersonese

Cher′so-nese

(kẽr′sō̍-nēs)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
χερσόνησος
;
χέρσοσ
land +
νήσοσ
island.]
A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus;
as, the
Cimbric Chersonese
, or Jutland; the
Tauric Chersonese
, or Crimea
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chersonese

CHERSONESE

,
Noun.
A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as the Cimbric Chersonese or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

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