Chersonesus (disambiguation)
Appearance
Chersonesus is an ancient city near Sevastopol, Crimea.
Chersonesos or Chersonesus (Ancient Greek: χερσόνησος), the Greek word for "peninsula", may also refer to:
Cities
[edit]- Cherronesos (Caria), an ancient city in Caria, now in Turkey
- Chersonesus (northern Crete), an ancient city in northern Crete
- Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, a village near the prior, adopting the ancient name
- Chersonesus (western Crete), an ancient city in western Crete
- Chersonesos (Sicily), an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, Italy
- Chersonesos (Thrace), an ancient Greek colony, also called Agora, in what is today the Gallipoli peninsula
- Chersonesus in Europa, an ancient city and bishopric in Turkish Thrace
- Chersonesus Parva, a town in ancient Egypt
Peninsulas
[edit]- Taurica or Chersonesus Taurica, today known as the Crimean Peninsula
- Gallipoli, Turkey, called Chersonesus Thracica in antiquity
- Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, called Chersonesus Cimbrica in antiquity
- Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, identified with the Golden Chersonese, or the Chersonesus Aurea, in antiquity
See also
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- Chersonesos A, a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimean peninsula
- Chersonesus Cathedral, in Chersonesus, Crimea
- Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonesus
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Chersonesus (disambiguation)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chersonesus in Zechia
- Kherson (disambiguation)