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PELOPONNESIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peloponnesian mean?
• PELOPONNESIAN (adjective)
The adjective PELOPONNESIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Peloponnesus
Familiarity information: PELOPONNESIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Peloponnesus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Peloponnesian War
Pertainym:
Peloponnesus (the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC)
Derivation:
Peloponnesus (the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC)
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