Peninsula Definition

pə-nĭnsyə-lə, -sə-lə
noun
A land area almost entirely surrounded by water and connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
Webster's New World
Any land area projecting out into water.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
peninsula
Plural:
peninsulas

Origin of Peninsula

  • From Latin paenÄ«nsula, from paene (“almost"), and Ä«nsula (“island").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin paenīnsula paene almost īnsula island

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Peninsula Sentence Examples

  • Throughout the entire south of the peninsula French influence was predominant.

  • The islands of Torres Strait have been shown to be the denuded remnant of a former extension of Cape York peninsula in North Queensland.

  • On an average day in this part of the peninsula the temperature in a European house ranged from 88° to 68°.

  • Colonel Goddard with a Bengal army marched across the breadth of the peninsula from the valley of the Ganges to the western sea, and achieved almost without a blow the conquest of Gujarat.

  • The fauna of the peninsula is varied and no less profuse than is the vegetable life.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

ALAULA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

Starts With P & Ends With AStarts With PE & Ends With AStarts With P & Ends With LA

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With A