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

Noun

a narrow strip of land projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake [Latin, literally: almost an island]

peninsular adj

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

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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"

Translations

peninsula [pəˈnɪnsjulə] n → península

peninsula [pəˈnɪnsjulə] n → péninsule f

peninsula [pəˈnɪnsjulə] n → Halbinsel f

peninsula [pəˈnɪnsjulə] n → penisola

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peninsula

n peninsula [pəˈninsjulə]

a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water the Malay peninsula.skiereilandشِبْه جَزيرَهполуостровpoloostrovhalvødie Halbinselχερσόνησοςpenínsulapoolsaarشبه جزیرهniemimaapéninsuleחֲצִי-אִיप्रायद्वीपpoluotokfélszigetsemenanjungskagipenisola半島반도pusiasalispussalasemenanjungschiereilandhalvøypółwyseppenínsulapeninsulăполуостровpolostrovpolotokpoluostrvohalvöคาบสมุทรyarımada半島півострівجزيرہ نماbán đảo半岛

adj peˈninsular

of or like a peninsula. skiereilandsخاص بِشِبْه الجَزيرَهполуостровенpoloostrovníhalvø-Halbinsel...που ανήκει στη χερσόνησοpeninsularpoolsaare-شبه جزیره ایniemimäinenpéninsulaireשֶׁל חֲצִי-אִיप्रायद्वीपीयpoluotočni,oblika poluotokafélszigetiseperti semenanjungskaga-peninsulare半島の반도의, 반도 모양의pusiasalio (formos)pussalas-semenanjungvan, als een schiereilandhalvøy-, halvøyformetpółwyspiarskipeninsularpen­insularполуостровнойpolostrovnýpolotoškipoluostrvskihalvöliknande, halvö-เกี่ยวกับคาบสมุทรyarımadaya ait半島的，半島狀的півострівнийجزيرہ نما کاthuộc bán đảo半岛的，半岛状的