peninsula
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- noun
- /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/
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península
- Visitors flock to the peninsula for its stunning beaches and scenic views.
- Korean Peninsula
- Arabian Peninsula
- Italian peninsula
Men in unmarked camouflage appear on the Crimean Peninsula, sent by the Kremlin.
- Men in unmarked camouflage appear on the Crimean Peninsula, sent by the Kremlin.
- Cross the Suez Canal on the Sinai Peninsula at the base of Mount Sinai.
- Ukraine clearly was not in a position to retake the Crimean Peninsula by force.
- The Albanian people consider themselves the indigenous people of the Balkan Peninsula.
- It's off the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, OK of Mexico.
- And it was al Qaeda's in the Arab Peninsula, so their branch in Yemen, right?
- But Florida being fairly flat and a peninsula like that really, really reflects it quickly.
- And I'm getting to Chim Saachoy, which is the the pinnacle of the Kowloon Peninsula, where chunky mansion is.
Examples
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Good morning from the Mornington Peninsula and the Jackalope Hotel.
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Tensions continue to be high on the Korean Peninsula as well as between China and Taiwan.
Academic text (1999) -
Is this why some of my best friends have come from the peninsula of Long Island?
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If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
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US and United Nations forces have made significant advances on the Korean peninsula...
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Outside the wide front window, white clouds moved quickly across the peninsula, stretching themselves thin.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's off the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, OK of Mexico.
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The lighthouse at the end of the peninsula has stood, in one form or another, for many years.
Fiction book (1999) -
One of the smaller parks on the Leelanau Peninsula is the ancestral home of Kee's family.
Fiction book (1997) -
The city is located on a beautiful peninsula surrounded by the ocean on three sides.
Synonyms
An old name for land almost surrounded by water
Antonyms
Compounds
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A large peninsula in Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf with big deserts and much oil
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The peninsula in the northwestern part of Michigan between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan
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A long narrow piece of land in Antarctica that reaches north toward South America
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A large area of land in southwest Europe surrounded by sea on three sides where Spain and Portugal are
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A large land area in southeastern Mexico that juts into the sea between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
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A large peninsula in southeastern Europe that includes countries like Greece and Bulgaria
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A long piece of land in Southeast Asia between the South China Sea and the Andaman Sea
A large peninsula in northern Queensland between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
A large peninsula in northeastern Siberia that sticks into the Bering Sea across from Alaska
A long narrow piece of land in southwest Alaska that reaches toward the Aleutian Islands
A long narrow peninsula with mountains in northwest Mexico that separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California
A large peninsula in eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea
A large area of land in eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea
A large area of land in northeast China that sticks into the Yellow Sea between Bohai Sea and Korea Bay
The larger southern part of the state of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
A large peninsula in Southeast Asia that includes Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and part of Malaysia
A long boot-shaped piece of land in southern Europe that sticks into the Mediterranean Sea
A large peninsula in eastern Russia between the Bering Sea and the Okhotsk Sea with many volcanoes and wild nature
A large piece of land in southern Greece that has sea on three sides and ancient cities like Sparta
A large piece of land in northern Europe mostly covered by Norway and Sweden
A large peninsula in northern Siberia that reaches into the Arctic Ocean and is the northernmost part of Eurasia
A piece of land in western Alaska that sticks into the Bering Sea near the Arctic Circle
A large peninsula in northeast Africa called the Horn of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
A peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan with forests, lakes, and small towns
How Surrounded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peninsula comes from two Latin parts, paene 'almost' and insula 'island'. So a peninsula is 'almost an island', land mostly surrounded by water but still joined to the mainland.