Definition for CHER'SO-NESE

CHER'SO-NESE, n. [Gr. χερσονησος; χερσος, land, or uncultivated land, and νησος, an isle.]

A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is 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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