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Webster 1913 Edition
Peninsula
Pen-in′su-la
,Noun.
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.
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
peninsula
peninsula
English
Alternative forms
Noun
peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)
- (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
a piece of land projecting into water
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peːˈniːn.su.la/
Noun
pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension
- Alternative form of paenīnsula ("peninsula").
Inflection
First declension.
| 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “peninsula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.