península

See also: peninsula, peninsulă, and Peninsula

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Noun

península f (plural penínsules)

1. (geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈnin.su.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈnin.su.la]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

península f (plural penínsules)

1. peninsula

Derived terms

• península Balcànica
• Península Ibèrica

Related terms

• illa

Further reading

• “península”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “península”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “península” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “península”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈninsula/ [peˈnĩn.s̺u.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -insula
• Hyphenation: pe‧nín‧su‧la

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

Related terms

• illa
• insua
• peninsular

Portuguese

península

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnĩ.su.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧nín‧su‧la

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. (geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)

   Synonyms: cabo, promontório

   Meronym: istmo

Related terms

• ilha
• ínsua
• peninsular

Further reading

• “península”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “península” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “península”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”) +‎ īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈninsula/ [peˈnĩn.su.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -insula
• Syllabification: pe‧nín‧su‧la

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

   península arábiga ― Arabian Peninsula

Derived terms

• península ibérica
• peninsular

Related terms

• isla

Further reading

• “península”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025