Peloponnese

Learned borrowing from Latin Peloponnēsus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), from Πέλοψ (Pélops) + νῆσος (nêsos).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛləpəˈniːz/, (uncommon) /ˌpɛləpəˈniːs/, (dated) /pɛˈlɒpəniːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛləpəˈniːs/, (uncommon) /ˌpɛləpəˈniːz/

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Peloponnese

2. A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.

   Synonyms: (under Roman rule) Peloponnesus, (under Turkish rule) Morea

3. A periphery of Greece containing Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elis, Laconia, and Messenia.

• Peloponnesian

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛ.ɫɔ.pɔnˈneː.sɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pe.lo.ponˈnɛː.s̬e]

Peloponnēse

1. vocative singular of Peloponnēsus