Chersonese

Chersonese is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is Latin; it derives from the Greek term for "peninsula", chersonēsos, from chersos ("dry land") + nēsos (island).

It was applied to a number of peninsular localities in the ancient world. These included:


 * Chersonesos, ancient Greek colony located near the city of Sevastopol, Crimea
 * Taurica also known as the Tauric Chersonese, ancient name for Crimea
 * Thracian Chersonese or Chersonesus Thracica, ancient name for the Gallipoli Peninsula
 * Chersonesus Aurea, or Golden Chersonese, ancient name for the Malay Peninsula, described by Ptolemy circa 150 AD.
 * Chersonesus Cimbrica or Cimbrian Chersonese, ancient name for Jutland
 * Syrian Chersonese referred to by Plutarch, believed to have been situated in a bend of the Orontes river in the neighbourhood of Antioch.