peninsula

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See also: península and peninsulă

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

Noun

peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)

  1. (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    Synonyms: byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness
    • 1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, production code 6F18:
      Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name.
      [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
      Lisa: He said it was just a name!
      Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

Derived terms

in toponyms of Newfoundland

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Translations

Further reading

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish península.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la
  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/,

Noun

península

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rawis

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of paenīnsula ("peninsula").

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēnīnsula pēnīnsulae
Genitive pēnīnsulae pēnīnsulārum
Dative pēnīnsulae pēnīnsulīs
Accusative pēnīnsulam pēnīnsulās
Ablative pēnīnsulā pēnīnsulīs
Vocative pēnīnsula pēnīnsulae

References

  • “peninsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “peninsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peninsula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Etymology

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Noun

peninsula (plural peninsulae)

  1. A peninsula.

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from English peninsula.

Noun

peninsula (n class, plural peninsula)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/,
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la

Noun

penínsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: tangway

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Further reading

  • “peninsula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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