CHERSONESUS, or CHERRONESUS (from χέρσος or χέρσος, land, and νῆσος, island), in ancient geography signi-
fied peninsula. Thence Chersonesus Thracica, Chersonesus Taurica or Scythica, Chersonesus Cimbria, respectively applied to the peninsula of the Dardanelles, the Crimea, and Jutland.