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pen·in·su·la

(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.

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Adj.

peninsular - of or forming or resembling a peninsula; "peninsular isolation"

Translations

خاص بِشِبْه الجَزيرَه

poloostrovní

halvø-

peninsular

péninsulaire

félszigeti

skaga-

peninsulare

halvøy-halvøyformet

polostrovný

yarımadaya ait

半岛状的半岛的

peninsular

[pɪˈnɪnsjʊləʳ] ADJ → peninsular
the Peninsular War → la Guerra de Independencia

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peninsular

adj the Peninsular War → der Krieg auf der Pyrenäenhalbinsel

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peninsula

(pəˈninsjulə) noun

a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water. the Malay peninsula.

peˈninsular adjective

of or like a peninsula.

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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.m.

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Poulter, the village schoolmaster, who, being an old Peninsular soldier, was employed to drill Tom,--a source of high mutual pleasure.

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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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Now was the time the --th had so long panted for, to show their comrades in arms that they could fight as well as the Peninsular veterans, and that all the pluck and valour of the --th had not been killed by the West Indies and the yellow fever.

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This empty cawtridge is the one he 'id the Emperor's pearl in, on the Peninsular and Orient.

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Having procured a black Padre for a guide, and a Spaniard who had served in the Peninsular war as an interpreter, we visited a collection of buildings, of which an ancient church formed the principal part.

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(Incidentally, the Regiment's colours were emblazoned with ten battle honours from the Peninsular War).

Fix Bayonets: A Royal Welch Fusilier at War, 1796-1815

For Bush, the scandal began when the British company that manages at least six major American ports, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation, was sold to Dubai Ports World for $6.8 billion.

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Nature and nation; forests and development in Peninsular Malaysia.

Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia

There is a visiting chair in Opera Studies, a Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Professorship of Management, a Reuters Professorship of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, and an Action Research Professor of Clinical Neurology.

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An evolving succession of uses, first as a hospital, then monastery then barracks (occupied by French troops during the Peninsular War) also speaks of a remarkable physical durability and adaptability that makes resonant connections with the city's history.

Religious conversion: the latest phase in the evolution of this historic monastery in Jerez transforms it into an archive and civic offices

A few days later, DP World, Dubai's state-owned port operator, acquired U.K.-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.