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peninsula

[puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] / pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə /
NOUN
projecting mass of land
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Shipping companies including MSC and Maersk are trucking goods across the Arabian peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Rebecca Lewis, the Scotland and Northern Ireland manager with conservation charity Buglife, said the peninsula should have an important role to play in reversing biodiversity loss in Scotland.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

After that, hurricanes Ian, Idalia, Helene, and Milton all made landfall on the peninsula.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

So he set up his encampment at Yorktown at the tip of the York River peninsula on Chesapeake Bay.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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