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- [puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh]
- /pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə/
- /pəˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh]
- /pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə/
Definitions of peninsula word
- noun peninsula an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. 1
- noun peninsula the Peninsula, Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. 1
- noun peninsula land mass 1
- countable noun peninsula A peninsula is a long narrow piece of land which sticks out from a larger piece of land and is almost completely surrounded by water. 0
- noun peninsula a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland 0
- noun peninsula a land area almost entirely surrounded by water and connected with the mainland by an isthmus 0
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Origin of peninsula
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Latin paenīnsula, equivalent to paen- pen- + īnsula island
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Parts of speech for Peninsula
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
peninsula popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
peninsula usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for peninsula
noun peninsula
- archipelago — An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands.
- cape — A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast.
- chersonese — (capital when part of a name)
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- naze — a cape at the S tip of Norway, on the North Sea.
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See also
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