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Peninsula

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈnɪnsjʊlə/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/pəˈnɪnsələ, -ˈnɪnsjələ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə nin′sə lə, -nins′yə lə)



Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Peninsula n
  1. the Peninsula ⇒ short for the Iberian Peninsula
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pen•in•su•la /pəˈnɪnsələ, -ˈnɪnsyələ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -las. 
  1. an area of land almost surrounded by water.
pen•in•su•lar, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pen•in•su•la  (pə nin′sə lə, -nins′yə lə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
  2. Place Names the Peninsula:
    • Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula;
      Iberia.
    • a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles.
  • Latin paenīnsula, equivalent. to paen- pen- + īnsula island
  • 1530–40
pen•in′su•lar, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
peninsula /pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə/ n
  1. a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula islandpenˈinsular adj USAGE
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