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peninsula
pen·in·su·la P0164500 (pə-nĭn′syə-lə, -sə-lə)n. Abbr. Pen. A piece of land that juts out from a larger land mass and is mostly surrounded by water. [Latin paenīnsula : paene, almost + īnsula, island.] pen·in′su·lar adj.peninsula (pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə) n (Physical Geography) a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland[C16: from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula island] penˈinsular adjUsage: The noun peninsula is sometimes confused with the adjective peninsular: the Iberian peninsula (not peninsular)
Peninsula n (Placename) the Peninsula short for the Iberian Peninsula pen•in•su•la (pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə) n., pl. -las. 1. land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. 2. the Peninsula, a. Iberia (def. 1). b. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. [1530–40; < Latin paenīnsula=paen(e) almost + īnsula island] pen•in′su•lar, adj. pen·in·su·la (pə-nĭn′syə-lə) A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass.peninsulaA narrow strip of land that is almost surrounded by water.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterdry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
peninsulanoun cape, point, head, horn, bluff, mull (Scot.), headland, promontory the Korean peninsulaTranslationspeninsula (pəˈninsjulə) noun a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water. the Malay peninsula. 半島 半岛peˈninsular adjective of or like a peninsula. 半島的,半島狀的 半岛的,半岛状的
peninsula
peninsula a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland Peninsula a body of land surrounded on three sides by water, with the fourth side connected to a continent or island. In most cases peninsulas are geologically part of a continent. peninsula[pə′nin·sə·lə] (geography) A body of land extending into water from the mainland, sometimes almost entirely separated from the mainland except for an isthmus. peninsula peninsula is not available in the list of acronyms. Check:- general English dictionary
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Synonyms for peninsulanoun capeSynonyms- cape
- point
- head
- horn
- bluff
- mull
- headland
- promontory
Words related to peninsulanoun a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterRelated Words- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- earth
- land
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