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peninsular

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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.
[Latin paennsula : paene, almost + nsula, island.]
pen·insu·lar adj.
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Adj.1.peninsular - of or forming or resembling a peninsula; "peninsular isolation"
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peninsular [pɪˈnɪnsjʊləʳ] ADJ → peninsular
the Peninsular War → la Guerra de Independencia
peninsular
adj the Peninsular War → der Krieg auf der Pyrenäenhalbinsel


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The steamer Mongolia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, built of iron, of two thousand eight hundred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at eleven o'clock a.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
Poulter, the village schoolmaster, who, being an old Peninsular soldier, was employed to drill Tom,--a source of high mutual pleasure.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.
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