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PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

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PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

PELOPONNESUS (" See also:
ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')
Island of See also:
PELOPS
Pelops ") , the See also:

ancient and See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

Greek See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official name for the See also:

PART

part of See also:

GREECE

Greece See also:

south of the See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus of See also:

Corinth . In See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval times it was called the Morea,from its resemblance to a mulberry-See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf in shape, and this name is still current in popular speech .

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