peninsula
/pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/noun4 syllables
Peninsula means: a large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
Synonyms for peninsula6
also used for peninsula
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What does peninsula mean?1
noun
1
a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Peninsula in a sentence
- If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.Babelball
- If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.Babelball
- A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula.sundown
- Three unidentified naval vessels are heading for the peninsula.CM
- The peninsula has been inhabited since prehistoric times.CM
- Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula.The_World_Factbook
- Around two million people live in the Crimean peninsula.Amastan
- It's not an island, but a peninsula.sundown
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Forms of peninsula
as a noun
- plural
- peninsulas