peninsula [puh -nin -suh -luh , -nins -yuh -luh ]
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See more synonyms for peninsula on Thesaurus.com an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. the Peninsula, Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. Show More
Origin of peninsula 1530–40; <
Latin paenīnsula, equivalent 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 -] /pəˌnɪn səˈlær ɪ ti, -ˌnɪns yə-/ noun trans·pen·in·su·lar , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for peninsula Contemporary Examples of peninsula KIEV, Ukraine—He took the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea with just a few shots fired.
In point of fact, the good times have not yet started to roll in the Black Sea peninsula .
On one side of the silver medallion is a raised image of the outline of the Crimean peninsula .
The snap referendum was held two weeks after Russian forces seized the peninsula and blockaded Ukrainian soldiers in their bases.
The peninsula had been transferred for administrative reasons from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
Historical Examples of peninsula They were on a peninsula , as it were, while the soldiers were securing the isthmus.
On them were engraved in gilt letters, "The Peninsula " and "Waterloo."
Diarrhœa and dysentery were already sending many of them from the Peninsula .
The Division remained on the Peninsula until the 29th December.
The war with the Turks on the Peninsula became purely a war of tactics.
British Dictionary definitions for peninsula a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland Show More
Derived Forms peninsular , adjective Word Origin for peninsula C16: from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula island
usage The noun peninsula is sometimes confused with the adjective peninsular: the Iberian peninsula (not peninsular )
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Word Origin and History for peninsula n. 1530s, from Latin pæninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from pæne "almost" + insula "island" (see isle ). Earlier translated as demie island .
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A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with a larger landmass. Show More
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A body of land enclosed on three sides by water, jutting out from a larger body of land.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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