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mainland

English

Noun

(wikipedia mainland) (en noun)
  • The main landmass of a country or continent
  • * 1719:
    • ...I got to the mainland , where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
  • * 2005 : comment
    • You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.

    peloponnese

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Also Peloponnesus; the peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece. One of the 13 peripheries of Greece; it contains Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elia, Laconia and Messenia. Known as Morea in medieval times.

    • See also

    * Attica * Central Greece * Central Macedonia * Crete * East Macedonia and Thrace * Epirus * Ionian Islands * North Aegean * South Aegean * Thessaly * West Greece * West Macedonia

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Peloponnese")