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Peninsula

Peninsula Meaning & Definition
Peninsula Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peninsula?

[n] a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peninsula:

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See Also | Alaska Peninsula | Anatolia | Arabia | Arabian Peninsula | Asia Minor | Baja California | Balkan Peninsula | Balkans | Cape Ann | Cape Cod | Choson | Crimea | dry land | earth | ground | Horn of Africa | Iberia | Iberian Peninsula | Indochina | Indochinese peninsula | Italian Peninsula | Jutland | Jylland | Kamchatka Peninsula | Katar | Katar Peninsula | Kola Peninsula | Korea | Korean Peninsula | Labrador-Ungava peninsula | land | Lower California | Lower Peninsula | Malay Peninsula | Nova Scotia | Peloponnese | Peloponnesian Peninsula | Peloponnesus | Qatar | Qatar Peninsula | Scandinavia | Scandinavian Peninsula | Seward Peninsula | Sinai | Sinai Peninsula | solid ground | Somali peninsula | Taimyr Peninsula | Taymyr Peninsula | terra firma | Upper Peninsula | Yucatan | Yucatan Peninsula

Peninsula In Webster's Dictionary

\Pen*in"su*la\, n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See {Isle}.] A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

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