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chersonese

[kur-suh-neez, -nees] / ˈkɜr səˌniz, -ˌnis /


NOUN
peninsula
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Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Located on the northern shores of the Black Sea in Ukraine, the site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the fifth century B.C., including agricultural lands divided into… Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Located on the northern shores of the Black Sea in Ukraine, the site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the fifth century B.C., including agricultural lands divided into rectangular plots called 'chora,' shown.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such events were frequent in Greece, in the district between Egypt and Palestine, near Pelusium and Mount Casius, as well as in the Cimbric Chersonese.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Greeks reached the Thracian Chersonese on their way home Hecuba discovered that her son had been murdered, and in revenge put out the eyes of Polymestor and murdered his two sons.

From Project Gutenberg

Clement was then condemned to exile in the Chersonese, and Mamertinus, touched by his submission and courage, dismissed him with the words—"May the God you worship bring you relief in the place of your banishment."

From Project Gutenberg

From the Chersonese the remains of St. Clement were brought back to Rome by St. Cyril, the Apostle of the Slavonians, who, dying here himself, was buried by his side.

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