Peninsula

//pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

    "Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula."

  2. 2
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
  2. 2
    A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "[W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]"

Synonyms

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africaantarcticaasiaaustraliabillbreakwater

Antonyms

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river

Example

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"A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Related phrases

Absheron PeninsulaAlaska PeninsulaAleut PeninsulaAleutian PeninsulaAntarctic PeninsulaApennine PeninsulaArabian PeninsulaAvalon PeninsulaBaie Verte PeninsulaBalkan PeninsulaBanks PeninsulaBanksia Peninsula

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