peninsula

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/
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/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/ · /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/ · /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/ · /pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/ · /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə/ · /pɛˈnɪn.s(j)ʊ.lɑ/

Definition of peninsula

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    “Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.”
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noun

  1. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    “Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.”

name

  1. A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
  2. A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula.
    “[W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

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