Peloponnesian
English
Etymology
From Latin Peloponnesius, from Peloponnesus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek [Term?] (literally “the island of Pelops”).
Adjective
Peloponnesian (comparative more Peloponnesian, superlative most Peloponnesian)
- Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.
Translations
pertaining to the Peloponnesus
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Noun
Peloponnesian (plural Peloponnesians)
- A native or inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.
Translations
inhabitant of the Peloponnesus
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)