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Peninsula

//pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə// name, noun

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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[.]"

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

Etymology

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

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