What does "peninsula" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "peninsula"?

Common synonyms include: africa, antarctica, asia, australia, bataan, bill.

Pronounced //pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə//.

/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/ name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

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
a large mass of land projecting into a body of water wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
2
A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
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[.]"

"A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula."

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