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French
Etymology
From presque (“almost”) + île (“island”), a calque of Latin paenīnsula.
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presqu’île f (plural presqu’îles)
- (geography) peninsula
- Synonym: péninsule
1901, Pierre Louÿs, “Lesbos aujourd'hui”, in Archipel, published 1932:Mytilène […] s’étageait autrefois en amphithéâtre sur une presqu’île à demi détachée, qui était reliée à la terre que par des ponts de pierre blanche.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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