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noun
1.
an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
2.
the Peninsula,
a.
Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia.
b.
a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles.
Related forms
pen·in·su·lar, adjective
trans·pen·in·su·lar, adjective
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Peninsula
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- The stadium, which will sit on an artificial peninsula in the gulf, is designed to evoke its marine setting.
- Foreigners need defence-ministry permission to visit the peninsula.
- It sits on a sandy peninsula that has been spared from the tacky development that has overrun much of Cancún.
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World English Dictionary
| Peninsula | |
| —n | |
| the Peninsula short for the Iberian Peninsula | |
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Word Origin & History
peninsula
1538, from L. pæninsula, lit. "almost an island," from pæne "almost" + insula "island." Earlier translated as demie island.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
peninsula  (pə-nĭn'syə-lə) Pronunciation Key
A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass. |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
peninsula definition
A body of land enclosed on three sides by water, jutting out from a larger body of land.
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