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1. (n.) peninsula
land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
2. peninsula
the Peninsula,
3. peninsula
a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L paenīnsula=paen(e) almost +īnsula island)
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1. (noun) peninsula
a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
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1. (noun) peninsula
a portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus
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Sense: a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water
the Malay peninsula.
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 Afrikaans: skiereiland |
 Arabic: شِبْه جَزيرَه |
 Bulgarian: полуостров |
 Brazilian: península |
 Czech: poloostrov |
 German: die Halbinsel |
 Danish: halvø |
 Greek: χερσόνησος |
 Spanish: península |
 Estonian: poolsaar |
 Farsi: شبه جزیره |
 Finnish: niemimaa |
 French: péninsule |
 Hebrew: חֲצִי-אִי |
 Hindi: प्रायद्वीप |
 Croatian: poluotok |
 Hungarian: félsziget |
 Indonesian: semenanjung |
 Icelandic: skagi |
 Italian: penisola |
 Japanese: 半島 |
 Korean: 반도 |
 Lithuanian: pusiasalis |
 Latvian: pussala |
 Malay: semenanjung |
 Dutch: schiereiland |
 Norwegian: halvøy |
 Polish: półwysep |
 Persian: شبه جزیره |
 Pashto: ټاپو وزمه، جزيره ( شپه جز |
 Portuguese: península |
 Romanian: peninsulă |
 Russian: полуостров |
 Slovak: polostrov |
 Slovenian: polotok |
 Serbian: poluostrvo |
 Swedish: halvö |
 Thai: คาบสมุทร |
 Turkish: yarımada |
 Taiwanese: 半島 |
 Ukrainian: півострів |
 Urdu: جزيرہ نما |
 Vietnamese: bán đảo |
 Chinese: 半岛 |
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