peninsula

nounprojecting mass of land

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Synonyms for peninsula

noun projecting mass of land

More words related to peninsula

cape

noun. promontory into water

island

noun. land surrounded by body of water

islands

noun. land surrounded by body of water

promontory

noun. headland

Word Origin & History

1530s, from Latin pæninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from pæne "almost" + insula "island" (see isle). Earlier translated as demie island.

Example Sentences for peninsula

They were on a peninsula, as it were, while the soldiers were securing the isthmus.

On them were engraved in gilt letters, "The Peninsula" and "Waterloo."

Diarrhœa and dysentery were already sending many of them from the Peninsula.

The Division remained on the Peninsula until the 29th December.

The war with the Turks on the Peninsula became purely a war of tactics.

The country of the Goajires is a peninsula of Colombia bordering on Venezuela.

All these orders had convents in the principal towns of the Peninsula, and its colonies.

It is a race as to whether this peninsula will be captured by communism or capitalism.

Philip knew these relatives well: they ramify, if need be, all over the peninsula.

Freetown, the capital, is built on a peninsula about eighteen miles long.