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Peninsular

//pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

    "The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land."

  2. 2
    Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

    "Near-synonym: insular"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or forming or resembling a peninsula wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who inhabits a peninsula.
  2. 2
    A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony. historical

    "Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies."

  3. 3
    Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents. alt-of, misspelling

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

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