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Peloponnesus[pel´´upunE´sus] Pronunciation Key or PelopOnnisos[pA´´lOpO´nyEsOs] Pronunciation Key, formerly Morea[mOrE´u] Pronunciation Key, peninsula (1991 pop. 1,086,935), c.8,300 sq mi (21,500 sq km), S Greece. It is linked with central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth, and it is washed by the Aegean Sea on the east and southeast, by the Ionian Sea on the southwest and west, and by the gulfs of PAtrai and Corinth on the north. Its deeply indented south coast terminates in Cape Matapan. Mainly mountainous, the region includes the Taygetus, Kyllene, and ErImanthos mts. The EvrOtas and AlfiOs are the chief rivers.
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