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peninsular

/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/US/pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/

peninsular adjective: of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas. Also the misspelling of peninsula.

Adjective

peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
    • The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
  2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
    • Near-synonym: insular
    Synonyms:
    insular

Noun

peninsular (plural peninsulars or peninsulares)

  1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
  2. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
    • Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131

Also used as

peninsular is also the misspelling of peninsula.

Synonyms of peninsular

Forms of peninsular

Adjective
comparativemore peninsular
superlativemost peninsular
Noun
pluralpeninsulars
pluralpeninsulares

Origin of peninsular

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Words formed from peninsular

Phrases with peninsular

Questions about peninsular

What does peninsular mean?
Peninsular means of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
What part of speech is peninsular?
Peninsular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce peninsular?
Peninsular is pronounced /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/ (UK).

Words near peninsular in the dictionary

  1. peninitial
  2. peninsula
  3. Peninsula Lake
  4. Peninsula State
  5. peninsulae
  6. peninsular
  7. Peninsular Malaysia
  8. Peninsular Spanish
  9. peninsulares
  10. peninsularism
  11. peninsularities

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