chersonese
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1. chersonese - Noun
2. Chersonese - Proper noun
Meaning
A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
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In 404 BC, the Athenians gathered their remaining ships at Aegospotami (near the Thracian Chersonese ).