peninsulanoun [ C ]
uk/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/us/pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/a long piece of land that sticks out from a larger area of land into the sea or into a lake:
the Korean/Arabian/Florida Peninsula
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geography: promontories & peninsulas
- arm
- cape
- causeway
- headland
- isthmus
- panhandle
- point
- promontory
- spit