peninsula

pen·in·su·la  (p-nnsy-l, -s-l)

n. Abbr. Pen.

A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.

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[Latin paennsula : paene, almost + nsula, island.]

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pen·insu·lar adj.

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peninsula [pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə]

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland

[from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula island]

peninsular  adj

Usage: The noun peninsula is sometimes confused with the adjective peninsular: the Iberian peninsula (not peninsular)

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Peninsula

n

(Placename) the. short for the Iberian Peninsula

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peninsula  (p-nnsy-l)

A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water dry 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"

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peninsula

noun cape, point, head, horn, bluff, mull (Scot.), headland, promontory the Korean peninsula

Translations

peninsula [pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə] N → península f

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peninsula [pəˈnɪnsjʊlə] n → péninsule f

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peninsula

n → Halbinsel f

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peninsula [pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə] n → penisola

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peninsula [pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə] n → penisola

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peninsula

n peninsula [pəˈninsjulə]

a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water the Malay peninsula. skiereiland شِبْه جَزيرَه полуостров poloostrov halvø die Halbinsel χερσόνησος península poolsaar شبه جزیره niemimaa péninsule חֲצִי-אִי प्रायद्वीप poluotok félsziget semenanjung skagi penisola 半島 반도 pusiasalis pussala semenanjung schiereiland halvøy półwysep península peninsulă полуостров polostrov polotok poluostrvo halvö คาบสมุทร yarımada 半島 півострів جزيرہ نما bán đảo 半岛

adj peˈninsular

of or like a peninsula. skiereilands خاص بِشِبْه الجَزيرَه полуостровен poloostrovní halvø- Halbinsel... που ανήκει στη χερσόνησο peninsular poolsaare- شبه جزیره ای niemimaa- péninsulaire שֶׁל חֲצִי-אִי प्रायद्वीपीय poluotočni,oblika poluotoka félszigeti seperti semenanjung skaga- peninsulare 半島の 반도 같은 pusiasalio (formos) pussalas- semenanjung van, als een schiereiland halvøy-, halvøyformet półwyspiarski peninsular pen­insular полуостровной polostrovný polotoški poluostrvski halvöliknande, halvö- เกี่ยวกับคาบสมุทร yarımadaya ait 半島的，半島狀的 півострівний جزيرہ نما کا thuộc bán đảo 半岛的，半岛状的

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peninsula → شبه الجزيرة poloostrov halvø Halbinsel χερσόνησος península niemimaa péninsule poluotok penisola 半島 반도 schiereiland halvøy półwysep península полуостров halvö คาบสมุทร yarımada bán đảo 半岛