Peloponnesian

English

Etymology

From Latin Peloponnesius, from Peloponnesus, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (literally “the island of Pelops”).

Adjective

Peloponnesian (comparative more Peloponnesian, superlative most Peloponnesian)

1. Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.

Translations

pertaining to the Peloponnesus

• Catalan: peloponesi (ca)
• Czech: peloponéský

• Portuguese: peloponésio
• Spanish: peloponesio, peloponense

Noun

Peloponnesian (plural Peloponnesians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

Translations

inhabitant of the Peloponnesus

• Catalan: peloponesi (ca) m
• Czech: Peloponésan m

• Portuguese: peloponésio m
• Spanish: peloponesio m, peloponense m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Peloponnesian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)