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pen⋅in⋅su⋅la

  [puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh]
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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.
Origin:
1530–40; < L paenīnsula, equiv. to paen- pen- + īnsula island

Related forms:
pen⋅in⋅su⋅lar, adjective
pen⋅in⋅su⋅lar⋅ism, pen⋅in⋅su⋅lar⋅i⋅ty  [puh-nin-suh-lar-i-tee, -nins-yuh-] , noun
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pen·in·su·la   (pə-nĭn'syə-lə, -sə-lə)   
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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Cultural Dictionary

peninsula

A body of land enclosed on three sides by water, jutting out from a larger body of land.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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