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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", χερσόνησος ''chersonēsos'', from χέρσος ''chersos'' ("dry land") + νῆσος ''nēsos'' (island). It was applied to a number of peninsular localities in the ancient world. These included: *Chersonesos Taurica, 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. *Delmarva Peninsula, referred to by King Charles I of England in the 1632 Charter of Maryland as the "Chersonese." ==See also== *Chersonesos (disambiguation) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chersonese」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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