Chersonesos or Chersonesus's the Greek for "peninsula". The term appears in various ancient toponyms: Chersonesos Taurica an ancient city near Sevastopol, current archaeological site in the Crimea, Ukraine the name Chersonesus Heracleotica or Chersonesus Parva or Taurica Chersonesus was also extended to the entire Crimean Peninsula Kherson, Ukraine, formerly called Chersonesos. Khersones, a Ukrainian three-mast tall ship, named for the city Chersonesos (Lyctus), an ancient Greek city on Crete… (More on Chersones)