Peloponnese

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛləpəˈniːs/

Proper noun

Peloponnese

1. Also Peloponnesus; the peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece. One of the 13 peripheries of Greece; it contains Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elia, Laconia and Messenia. Known as Morea in medieval times.

Translations

region of Greece

• Armenian: Պելոպոնես (hy) (Pelopones)
• Finnish: Peloponnesos (fi)
• French: Péloponnèse (fr)
• Greek: Πελοπόννησος (el) (Pelopónnisos)

• Italian: Peloponneso (it) m
• Latin: Peloponnesus (la)
• Polish: Peloponez (pl) m
• Russian: Пелопоннес (ru) (Peloponnés) m
• Spanish: Peloponeso (es) m

See also

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

External links

• Peloponnese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia