Audio Help [puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] Pronunciation Key | 1. | an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. |
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Audio Help [puh-nin-suh-lar-i-tee, -nins-yuh-] Pronunciation Key, noun | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Peninsula
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n. Abbr. Pen. A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus. [Latin paenīnsula : paene, almost + īnsula, island.] pen·in'su·lar adj. |
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peninsula
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| a large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
peninsula [pəˈninsjulə] noun
Example: the Malay peninsula
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A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass. |
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peninsula
A body of land enclosed on three sides by water, jutting out from a larger body of land.
[Chapter:] World Geography
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Peninsula Villag, CA Zip code(s): 96137
Peninsula, OH (village, FIPS 61574) Location: 41.23677 N, 81.55303 W
Population (1990): 562 (244 housing units)
Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44264
Kenai Peninsula, AK (Borough, FIPS 122) Location: 60.20248 N, 151.62958 W
Population (1990): 40802 (19364 housing units)
Area: 41644.4 sq km (land), 14466.2 sq km (water)
Lake and Peninsula, AK (Borough, FIPS 164) Location: 58.40149 N, 156.18467 W
Population (1990): 1668 (991 housing units)
Area: 61207.7 sq km (land), 13923.6 sq km (water)
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
peninsula
Main"land`\, n. The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula. --Dryden. After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. --Hawthorne.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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