peninsular
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- adjective
- /pəˈnɪn.sə.lər/
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peninsular
- The barriers extend along much of the peninsular coastline and protect shallow, brackish lagoons that connect to the sea through narrow channels.
- peninsular Malaysia
Examples
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NiV was first recognized as a human pathogen in peninsular Malaysia in 1998.
Academic text (2015) -
From the available evidence, we can detect its presence in all Peninsular varieties.
Academic text (1996) -
"Colonel Fontclair is an officer of the first water, a hero of the Peninsular War."
Fiction book (1993) -
Senior peninsular soldiers found reasons to join the creoles rather than remain loyal to the mother country.
Academic text (1990) -
Are these people peninsular after all, Iberians spread out like butter on toast?
Academic text (1990) -
Of Hadramaut descent, he spent his childhood in Johore in the southern part of what is today peninsular Malaysia.
Academic text (2009) -
Due to a growing population and increased consumption, the amount of solid waste generated in peninsular Malaysia increased from 16,200 tons per day in 2001 to about 17,000 tons in 2007.
Academic text (2010) -
Other irritants include the extraordinarily large number of Indonesian illegal immigrants in peninsular Malaysia, which is conservatively estimated at 600,000 persons.
Academic text (1995) -
The Singapore Straits are located south of both the island of Singapore and the southeastern tip of peninsular Malaysia, and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands.
Academic text (2005) -
The unique culture of the local people is strongly influenced by their peninsular geography.
Compounds
The part of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula that borders Thailand to the north
How Surrounded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peninsular comes from Latin parts paene ('almost') and insula ('island'), so it literally means 'almost an island' and is related to the word insular. That's why a peninsular place is land that sticks out into the sea and is mostly surrounded by water.