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Definitions for Peninsula
pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə ləpenin·su·la
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Princeton's WordNet
peninsulanoun
a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
Wiktionary
peninsulanoun
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Etymology: From paeninsula, from paene, and insula.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PENINSULAnoun
A piece of land almost surrounded by the sea, but joined by a narrow neck to the main.
Etymology: Lat. pene insula; peninsule, Fr.
Aside of Milbrook lieth the peninsula of Inswork, on whose neckland standeth an ancient house. Carew.
Wikipedia
Peninsula
A peninsula (from Latin paeninsula; from paene 'almost', and insula 'island') is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The size of a peninsula can range from tiny to very large. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Peninsulas form due to a variety of causes.
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peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides but is still connected to mainland. This geographical landform extends out into a body of water from a larger landmass.
Webster Dictionary
Peninsulanoun
a portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus
Etymology: [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See Isle.]
Wikidata
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. The surrounding water is usually understood to belong to a single, contiguous body, but is not always explicitly defined as such. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic, Hungarian, Chinese, Hebrew and Korean, peninsulas are called "half-islands". A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. Note that a point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Peninsula
pē-nin′sū-la, n. land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island.—adj. Penin′sular, pertaining to a peninsula: in the form of a peninsula: inhabiting a peninsula.—n. Peninsular′ity, state of being, or of inhabiting, a peninsula: narrow provincialism.—v.t. Penin′sulate, to form into a peninsula: to surround almost entirely with water.—Peninsular war, the war in Spain and Portugal, carried on by Great Britain against Napoleon's marshals (1804-1814).—The Peninsula, Spain and Portugal. [L.,—pæne, almost, insula, an island.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
peninsula
A tract of land joined to a continent by a comparatively narrow neck termed an isthmus.
Editors Contribution
peninsula
Is a form of land
There are many peninsula around the world.
Submitted by MaryC on October 6, 2015
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Peninsula in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Peninsula in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Peninsula in a Sentence
Recently the Chinese government has stated that sanctions relief for North Korea is imperative, and Beijing has a much higher chance than Moscow of being taken seriously in Washington, furthermore, sanctions are a part of the joint Sino-Russian action plan for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Besides its original missions of a possible war with Taiwan, maritime defense in the Middle East and South China seas, it’s also foreseeable that the PLA Navy’s mission will expand overseas, including protection of China’s national security in the Korean peninsula, the country’s maritime lifelines, as well as offshore supply deports like in Djibouti and Gwadar port in Pakistan.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang:
First, as I've said many times before, China always opposes any country imposing unilateral sanctions, second, under the present situation where the situation on the Korean Peninsula is complex and sensitive, we oppose any moves that may further worsen tensions there.
North Korea in the past did fire (projectiles) in a very similar manner, on several occasions, they fired (projectiles) from the west coast to sea off east of the Korean Peninsula.
I know President Donald Trump is grateful that Chairman Kim kept Chairman Kim word, and we see today as tangible progress in our efforts to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula, but today is just a beginning. And our work will not be complete until all our fallen heroes are accounted for. We will see to it that these are the heroes who will lead the way to many homecomings in the future.
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- skiereilandAfrikaans
- شِبْهُ جَزِيرَةArabic
- yarımadaAzerbaijani
- ярымутрауBashkir
- паўвы́спа, паўво́страўBelarusian
- полуо́стровBulgarian
- উপদ্বীপBengali
- penínsulaCatalan, Valencian
- poloostrovCzech
- çурутравChuvash
- penrhynWelsh
- halvøDanish
- HalbinselGerman
- χερσόνησοςGreek
- duoninsuloEsperanto
- penínsulaSpanish
- poolsaarEstonian
- penintsulaBasque
- شبهجزیرهPersian
- niemimaaFinnish
- nes, hálvoyggjFaroese
- péninsuleFrench
- skiereilânWestern Frisian
- leithinisIrish
- leth-eileanScottish Gaelic
- penínsulaGalician
- દ્વીપકલ્પGujarati
- חצי איHebrew
- प्रायद्वीपHindi
- félszigetHungarian
- թերակղզիArmenian
- semenanjungIndonesian
- peninsuloIdo
- skagiIcelandic
- penisolaItalian
- 半島Japanese
- ნახევარკუნძულიGeorgian
- жарты арал, түбекKazakh
- ទៀបកោះ, ទ្វីបសាទិស, ស្ទើរកោះKhmer
- ಅರೆತೆವರುKannada
- 반도, 半島Korean
- жарым аралKyrgyz
- paenīnsula, peninsulamLatin
- ຄາບສມຸດLao
- pusiasalisLithuanian
- pussalaLatvian
- полуо́стровMacedonian
- ഉപദ്വീപ്Malayalam
- хойгMongolian
- द्वीपकल्पMarathi
- semenanjung, tanah menanjung, jazirah, penanjungMalay
- penizolaMaltese
- ကျွန်းဆွယ်Burmese
- halvøyNorwegian
- schiereilandDutch
- halvøyNorwegian Nynorsk
- półwysepPolish
- penínsulaPortuguese
- peninsulăRomanian
- полуо́стровRussian
- poluotok, полуоток, poluostrvo, полуострвоSerbo-Croatian
- polostrovSlovak
- polotokSlovene
- gadishullAlbanian
- halvöSwedish
- குடாநாட்டில், மூவலந்தீவுTamil
- ద్వీపకల్పముTelugu
- нимҷазираTajik
- คาบสมุทรThai
- ýarymadaTurkmen
- tangwayTagalog
- yarımadaTurkish
- ярымутрауTatar
- يېرىم ئارالUyghur, Uighur
- піво́стрівUkrainian
- yarim orolUzbek
- bán đảo, 半島Vietnamese
- tinisul, lafanisulVolapük
- האַלבאינדזלYiddish
- 半岛Chinese
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