Chersonese /(kẽr"sō̇*nēs)/

Cher·so·nese

Chersonese

n.
  1. A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.