Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of land that juts out from a larger land mass and is mostly surrounded by water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of land almost surrounded by water, and connected with the mainland by a neck or isthmus. The Peninsula is often used absolutely for Spain and Portugal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geography A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Johnson is author of "Barns of Old Mission Peninsula and Their Stories," which earned a 2006 Merit Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for its photos and stories about 104 old barns on the peninsula.
unknown title 2009
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Perhaps the North Korean peninsula is an example, but otherwise its much smaller than in recent history.
Currency Wars Will Destroy The Dollar But You Can Be Safe Richard Kang 2010
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The topography of the entire Yucatan peninsula is essentially flat with elevation variations of less than 500 feet thereby providing no scenic mountainside retirement communities.
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The erosion around the Redcliffe side of the peninsula is pretty FKN scary since the summer storms went through.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This is why the Playboy Mansion sits atop a very high hill. 2010
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The peninsula is a Mexican jewel that is easily enjoyed by anyone with an RV or a tent and a sense of adventure.
Traveler's Guide to Camping Mexico's Baja by Mike and Terry Church 2010
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The peninsula is a Mexican jewel that is easily enjoyed by anyone with an RV or a tent and a sense of adventure.
Traveler's Guide to Camping Mexico's Baja by Mike and Terry Church 2010
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That peninsula is Couch Park and on the west end of the property is the Metropolitan Learning Center, a PPS school, that has a pool run by the Parks Bureau in the basement.
Portland "urban renewal" abuse hits new low (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Perhaps the North Korean peninsula is an example, but otherwise its much smaller than in recent history.
Currency Wars Will Destroy The Dollar But You Can Be Safe Richard Kang 2010
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Denmark, or at least the Jutland peninsula, is attached to Europe at another point.
Measuring Corruption, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The word peninsula is derived from the Latin “paeninsula”.
Prolagus commented on the word peninsula
Everybody's gone, you picked me up for a long drive
We take the tourist route, the nights are light until midnight
We took the evening ferry over to the peninsula
We found the avenue of trees went up to the hill.
(Another sunny day, by Belle and Sebastian)
April 28, 2008
john commented on the word peninsula
Oh, Prolagus, lovely. I have an enormous crush on B&S.
April 28, 2008