— Peloponnesian /pel'euh peuh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , adj. , n.
/pel'euh peuh nee"seuhs/ , n.
a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 986,912; 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
Also, Peloponnese /pel'euh peuh neez", -nees"/ , Peloponnesos /pel'euh peuh nee"sos, -sohs, -seuhs/ . Also called Morea .
[ Pelopónnesos (repr. phrase Pélopos nêsos lit., island of PELOPS with sn > nn ) ]