Peloponnese

See also: Péloponnèse

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pelH-der.

Ancient Greek πέλλος (péllos)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs

Proto-Hellenic *ókʷs

Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps)

Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps)

Ancient Greek Πέλοπος (Pélopos)

Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos)

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Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos)bor.

Latin Peloponnēsuslbor.

English Peloponnese

Learned borrowing from Latin Peloponnēsus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), univerbation of Πέλοπος (Pélopos) + νῆσος (nêsos), literally “Isle of Pelops”.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

the 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.

Related terms

• Peloponnesian

Translations

region of Greece

• Afrikaans: Peloponnese
• Albanian: More, Peloponez
• Arabic: بِيلُوبُونِيز m (bīlūbūnīz)
• Armenian: Պելոպոնես (Pelopones)
• Basque: Peloponeso
• Belarusian: Пелапанес m (Pjelapanjes)
• Bulgarian: Пелопонес m (Pelopones)
• Catalan: Peloponès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯罗奔尼撒 (zh) (Bóluóbēnnísā), 伯罗奔尼撒半岛 (Bóluóbēnnísā Bàndǎo)

• Czech: Peloponés (cs) m
• Danish: Peloponnes
• Dutch: Peloponnesos (nl)
• Esperanto: Peloponezo
• Estonian: Peloponnesos
• Finnish: Peloponnesos (fi)
• French: Péloponnèse (fr) m
• Galician: Peloponeso m
• Georgian: პელოპონესი (ṗeloṗonesi), პელოპონესის ნახევარკუნძული (ṗeloṗonesis naxevarḳunʒuli)
• German: Peloponnes (de) m
• Greek: Πελοπόννησος (el) f (Pelopónnisos)

  Ancient Greek: Πελοπόννησος f (Pelopónnēsos)

  Tsakonian: Μωρία m (Moría)

• Hebrew: פלופונסוס m (peluponisus)
• Hindi: पेलोपोनीस (peloponīs)
• Hungarian: Peloponnészosz (hu)
• Icelandic: Pelópsskagi m
• Italian: Peloponneso (it) m
• Japanese: ペロポネソス半島 (Peroponesosu-hantō)
• Korean: 펠로폰네소스 반도 (pelloponnesoseu bando)
• Latin: Peloponnēsus f
• Latvian: Peloponesa f
• Lithuanian: Peloponesas m
• Macedonian: Пелопонез m (Peloponez)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Peloponnes

  Nynorsk: Peloponnes

• Odia: ପେଲୋପନେସ (pelopanesa)
• Persian: پلوپونز
• Polish: Peloponez (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Peloponeso m
• Romanian: Peloponez m
• Russian: Пелопонне́с (ru) m (Peloponnés)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пелопо̀не̄з m

  Latin: Pelopònēz (sh) m

• Sicilian: Pilupunnesu m, Pilupunnèsu m
• Slovak: Peloponéz m
• Slovene: Peloponez (sl) m
• Spanish: Peloponeso (es) m
• Swedish: Peloponnesos
• Turkish: Mora (tr), Mora Yarımadası

  Ottoman Turkish: موره (Mora)

• Ukrainian: Пелопонне́с m (Peloponnés)

See also

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peloponnēse

1. vocative singular of Peloponnēsus