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Its name derives from the Ancient Greek Mythological Hero, ' Pelops', who supposedly conquered the entire region. Of the name, Peloponnesos, 'Pelop' refers to this hero and 'nesos' refers to island, therefore the name means the Island of Pelops. However, Peloponnesos only became a true island with the creation of the Corinthian Canal in 1893. In 2004 Peloponnesos gained a second connection to the mainland, with the completion of the Rio-Antirio bridge.
"The Peloponnese" is sometimes used as shorthand for the Peloponnesian League.
In medieval times it was called the Morea.
Peloponnesos is a periphery of Greece, consisting of 5 prefectures ( Greek: νομοι):
The prefectures of AchaeaThis article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. See Achaea (province) for the province of the Roman empire. See also Achaeans, a Homeric name for Hellenes. See AchaeaMud for the MUD created by Iron Realms Entertainment. Statistics Capital: Patra, and IliaFor the Biblical Elia, see Elijah. Ilia (also often Elia rarely Ileia Greek: Nomos Ilias or Eleias is a prefecture in the Western Peloponnese and in Western portion of Greece. It covers the area of Elis, and was formerly a department. Its capital is found are also part of the peninsula, but are part of the West GreeceWest Greece is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Achaea, Aitolia-Acarnania and Ilia. periphery.
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