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8, 1881. Cherchel, or Cherchell (sher-shel'). A seaport in the department of Algiers, Algeria, situated Born at Cno us, Crete: flourished about 576 B. C. The first architect of the Artemision at Ephesus. He was a ociated with his son Meta genes, and with The odor us. The Artemision was one hundred and twenty years in building, and was finished about 456 B. C. This building was later destroyed by fire, and rebuilt about the time of Alexander by Dino crates. Cherso (ker'sō). 1. An island in the Adriatic Sea, belonging to Küstenland, Austria-Hungary, in lat. 44°40′-45°10′ N., long. 14°30′ E. Length, 40 miles.-2. The chief town on the Island of Cherso. Population (1890), commune, 8,280. Cherson. See Kherson . Cher sones us (ker-sō-ne's us), or Chersonese (ker'sō-nes or -nez). [Gr. χερσόνησος , a peninsula.] The Greek name for a peninsula. It was specifically applied to the following: (a) Cher sones us Aurea, the modern peninsula of Malacca. (b) Chersone sus Cimbrica, the modern peninsula of Jutland (Denmark). (c) Cher sones us Tauric a or Scythica, the modern Crimea (Ru ia). (d) Cher sones us Thracica, the modern peninsula of Gallipoli, between the Hellespont and the Gulf of Melas. Chertsey (ches'i or chert'si). [AS. Certes ēg , Ceortes ig orēg , Ceort's island.] Atown in Surrey, England, situated on the Thames 22 miles southwest of London. It was the ancient capital of the South Saxons. It contained a Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century. Cherub, The. See Wilfer , Bella . Chérubin de la Ronda (shā-rü-ban' de lã rôn' dä), Don. The Bachelor of Salamanca (which see) in Le Sage's novel of that name.