peninsula
UK/pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə//pɪˈnɪn.s(j)ʊ.lə/
peninsula noun: a piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Noun
peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)
- A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
- 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...1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, production code 6F18
- Synonyms:
- byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Peninsula
Peninsula
- A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
- A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
- Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula.
- [W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]1958, C.E. Lucas Phillips, The Greatest Raid of All, London: Heineman, page 26
peninsula meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
peninsula in Hindi
- piece of land projecting into water
- प्रायद्वीप prāyadvīp
peninsula in Tamil
- piece of land projecting into water
- மூவலந்தீவு mūvalantīvu
peninsula in Marathi
- piece of land projecting into water
- द्वीपकल्प dvīpkalpa
peninsula in Urdu
- piece of land projecting into water
- جَزِیرَہ نُما jazīra numā
More languagesFewer languages
- peninsula in Bengali
- উপদ্বীপ upoddip
- peninsula in Telugu
- ద్వీపకల్పము dvīpakalpamu
- peninsula in Malayalam
- ഉപദ്വീപ് upadvīpŭ
- peninsula in Kannada
- ಅರೆತೆವರು aretevaru
- peninsula in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਾਇਦੀਪ
- peninsula in Gujarati
- દ્વીપકલ્પ dvīpkalp
- peninsula in Odia
- ଉପଦ୍ୱୀପ, ଉପଦ୍ୱୀପର
- peninsula in Nepali
- प्रायद्वीप, पेनिनसुला
- peninsula in Pashto
- جزيره نما ǰaziránamā, شبه جزيره šebeǰazira, ټاپو وزمه ṭāpúwázma
- peninsula in Tagalog
- tangway
- peninsula in Arabic
- شِبْه جَزِيرَة šibh jazīra
- peninsula in Malay
- semenanjung, tanah menanjung, penanjung, jazirah
- peninsula in Indonesian
- semenanjung
- peninsula in Thai
- คาบสมุทร kâap-sà-mùt
- peninsula in Vietnamese
- bán đảo
- peninsula in Myanmar
- ကျွန်းဆွယ် kywan:hcwai
Examples of peninsula in a sentence
- While it is largely recognized that Ukraine holds de jure sovereignty on Crimea, Russia exercises de facto administration on the peninsula.
- Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula were signed over in perpetuity.
- We then "puddle jumped" to the Drake Bay airstrip, on the northern Pacific side of the peninsula.
Synonyms of peninsula
Forms of peninsula
| plural | peninsulas |
|---|---|
| plural | peninsulae |
| alternative form (archaic) | pæninsula |
Origin of peninsula
Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).
Words formed from peninsula
- Absheron Peninsula
- Alaska Peninsula
- Aleutian Peninsula
- Aleut Peninsula
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Apennine Peninsula
- Arabian Peninsula
- Balkan Peninsula
- Banksia Peninsula
- Banks Peninsula
- Bicol Peninsula
- Bolivar Peninsula
- Bruce Peninsula
- Cape Peninsula
- Cape York Peninsula
- Carrs Peninsula
- Chukchi Peninsula
- Chukotka Peninsula
- Chukotski Peninsula
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Crimean Peninsula
- Door Peninsula
- Eye Peninsula
- Eyre Peninsula
- Florida Peninsula
- Iberian peninsula
- Indian Peninsula
- Insular Peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- Kathiawar peninsula
- Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Kola Peninsula
- Korean Peninsula
- Lake Almanor Peninsula
- Lake and Peninsula Borough
- Liaodong Peninsula
- Lleyn Peninsula
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Mahia Peninsula
- Malay Peninsula
- midpeninsula
- Mornington Peninsula
- Northern Bruce Peninsula
- Nova Scotia peninsula
- Olympic Peninsula
- Palmer Peninsula
- Peninsula Lake
- Peninsula State
- peninsulate
- Sakonnet Peninsula
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- Seward Peninsula
- Shandong Peninsula
- Shantung Peninsula
- Simpson Peninsula
- Sinai Peninsula
- Somali Peninsula
- Sorrento Peninsula
Phrases with peninsula
Questions about peninsula
- What does peninsula mean?
- Peninsula means a piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
- What is peninsula in Hindi?
- Peninsula in Hindi is प्रायद्वीप (prāyadvīp). See Peninsula meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is peninsula?
- Peninsula can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce peninsula?
- Peninsula is pronounced /pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of peninsula?
- The plural of peninsula is peninsulas.
Words near peninsula in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: peninsula (page history and authors); Peninsula (page history and authors); peninsula (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peninsula (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peninsula (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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