Peloponnesus
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Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
In medieval times it was called the Morea from its resemblance to a mulberry-leaf in shape.
====Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Peloponnesos" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesos December 9, 2003
