chersoneseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin Chersonēsus, from Ancient Greek χερσόνησος (khersónēsos, “originally, the Gallipoli peninsula; later, any peninsula”),^[1] from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).^[2]

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsəˌniːs/^[2]

名詞

chersonese (複数形 chersoneses)

1. (geography, まれに) A peninsula.^[1][2]

使用する際の注意点

Aside from dated, poetic, or rhetorical use,^[2] the word typically appears in English transcribing works or descriptions of classical geography: the Greek form chersonese being more common in general and generic use and the Latin form chersonesus appearing in the proper names of various famous peninsulas.

派生語

• See chersonesus
• Thracian Chersonese (Gallipoli)

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