Peninsula

//pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə//

Synonyms for "peninsula" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(1 words)
byland

Strong matches (12)

Related words (21)

Noun(3 words)
headlandhornness

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

8 entries

derived

69 entries

Showing 16 of 69 words.

has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

Translations

136 translations across 108 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skiereiland noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gadishull noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χερσόνησος noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شِبْه جَزِيرَة noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թերակղզի noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܝܲܒ݂ܫܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • ܕܡܘܼܬ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Asturian

1 entries
  • península noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yarımada noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ярымутрау noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Basque

1 entries
  • penintsula noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • паўво́страў noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • паўвы́спа noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপদ্বীপ noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • rawis noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Breton

1 entries
  • ledenez noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • полуо́стров noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကျွန်းဆွယ် noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Catalan

1 entries
  • península noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Chinese

4 entries
  • банхэдо noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • банҗядо noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • 半島 /半岛 noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • 半島 /半岛 noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 半島 /半岛 noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 半島 /半岛 noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ҫурутрав noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • yarımada noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Czech

1 entries
  • poloostrov noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Danish

1 entries
  • halvø noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schiereiland noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • duoninsulo noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Estonian

1 entries
  • poolsaar noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Faroese

2 entries
  • hálvoyggj noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • nes noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Finnish

1 entries
  • niemimaa noun (piece of land projecting into water)

French

2 entries
  • presqu'île noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • péninsule noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Galician

1 entries
  • península noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნახევარკუნძული noun (piece of land projecting into water)

German

1 entries
  • Halbinsel noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Greek

1 entries
  • χερσόνησος noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • દ્વીપકલ્પ noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חֲצִי אִי noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रायद्वीप noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • félsziget noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skagi noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ido

1 entries
  • peninsulo noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • semenanjung noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • poolisaari noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • peninsula noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Irish

2 entries
  • glasoileán noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • leithinis noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Italian

1 entries
  • penisola noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 半島 noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • тоха арл noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅರೆತೆವರು noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • джарымайрымкан noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жарты арал noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • түбек noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ទៀបកោះ noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • ស្ទើរកោះ noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • ឧបទ្វីប noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Korean

1 entries
  • 반도 noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жарым арал noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • түбөк noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄາບສມຸດ noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Latin

1 entries
  • paenīnsula noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pussala noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • penisoa noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pusiasalis noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Low German

1 entries
  • Halfinsel noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • полуо́стров noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Malay

4 entries
  • jazirah noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • penanjung noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • semenanjung noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • tanah menanjung noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഉപദ്വീപ് noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Maltese

1 entries
  • peniżola noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Marathi

1 entries
  • द्वीपकल्प noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хойг noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠭ noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Māori

1 entries
  • raenga kūiti noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • nîvgirav noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • halvøy noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • halvøy noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آطه noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Pashto

3 entries
  • جزيره نما noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • شبه جزيره noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • ټاپو وزمه noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Persian

2 entries
  • شِبْهِ جَزیرِه noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • شِبْهِجَزیرِه noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Launtenj noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Polish

1 entries
  • półwysep noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • península noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Romanian

1 entries
  • peninsulă noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Russian

1 entries
  • полуо́стров noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Scots

1 entries
  • peninsula noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leth-eilean noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • poluostrvo noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • pȍluotok noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • по̏луоток noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • полуострво noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Slovak

1 entries
  • polostrov noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Slovene

1 entries
  • polotok noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • јарым ортолык noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Spanish

2 entries
  • península noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • procurrente noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Swahili

2 entries
  • peninsula noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • rasi noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Swedish

1 entries
  • halvö noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tangway noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Tajik

2 entries
  • нимҷазира noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • шибҳиҷазира noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மூவலந்தீவு noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ярымутрау noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ద్వీపకల్పము noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Thai

1 entries
  • คาบสมุทร noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གྲིང་ཟུར noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yarımada noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýarymada noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • піво́стрів noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Urdu

1 entries
  • جَزِیرَہ نُما noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • يېرىم ئارال noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yarim orol noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bán đảo noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Volapük

2 entries
  • lafanisul noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • tinisul noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Walloon

2 entries
  • cåziyea noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • cåziyon noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gorynys noun (piece of land projecting into water)
  • penrhyn noun (piece of land projecting into water)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skiereilân noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Yakut

1 entries
  • тумул арыы noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • האַלבאינדזל noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • larubawa noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • nimaleng noun (piece of land projecting into water)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula.

Source: tatoeba (265013)

Have you ever been to the Korean Peninsula?

Source: tatoeba (277825)

I am looking forward to walking around the Izu Peninsula with some of my friends during summer vacation.

Source: tatoeba (321612)

Have you already been to the Korean Peninsula?

Source: tatoeba (498012)

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