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Webster 1913 Edition


Peninsula

Pen-in′su-la

,
Noun.
[L.
peninsula
or
paeninsula
;
paene
almost +
insula
an island. See
Isle
.]
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Webster 1828 Edition


Peninsula

PENIN'SULA

,
Noun.
[L. pene, almost, and insula, an isle.]
1.
A portion of land, connected with a continent by a narrow neck or isthmus, but nearly surrounded with water. Thus Boston stands on a peninsula.
2.
A large extent of country joining the main land by a part narrower than the tract itself. Thus Spain and Portugal are said to be situated on a peninsula.

Definition 2024


peninsulă

peninsulă

See also: peninsula and península

Romanian

Noun

peninsulă f (plural peninsule)

  1. peninsula

Declension

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