Chersonese

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chersonese \Cher"so*nese\ (k[~e]r"s[-o]*n[=e]s), n. [Gr.
     cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos 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.


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