peninsula
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/, /pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/
- (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: peninsular (non-rhotic)
Noun
[edit]peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)
- (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
- Synonyms: byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness
- 1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, production code 6F18:
- Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name.
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
Derived terms
[edit]- Absheron Peninsula
- Alaska Peninsula
- Aleutian Peninsula
- Aleut Peninsula
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Apennine Peninsula
- Arabian Peninsula
- Balkan Peninsula
- Banks Peninsula
- Bicol Peninsula
- Bolivar Peninsula
- Bruce Peninsula
- Cape Peninsula
- Cape York Peninsula
- Chukchi Peninsula
- Chukotka Peninsula
- Chukotski Peninsula
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Crimean peninsula
- Crimean Peninsula
- Door Peninsula
- Eye Peninsula
- Eyre Peninsula
- Florida Peninsula
- Iberian peninsula
- Iberian Peninsula
- Indian Peninsula
- Italian peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- Kathiawar peninsula
- Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Kola Peninsula
- Korean Peninsula
- Lake Almanor Peninsula
- Lake and Peninsula Borough
- Liaodong Peninsula
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Mahia Peninsula
- Malay Peninsula
- midpeninsula
- Mornington Peninsula
- Northern Bruce Peninsula
- Nova Scotia peninsula
- Olympic Peninsula
- Palmer Peninsula
- Peninsula Lake
- Peninsula State
- peninsulate
- Sakonnet Peninsula
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- Shandong Peninsula
- Shantung Peninsula
- Simpson Peninsula
- Sinai Peninsula
- Somali Peninsula
- Sorrento Peninsula
- subpeninsula
- Upper Peninsula
- Varanger Peninsula
- Yorke Peninsula
- Zamboanga Peninsula
in toponyms of Newfoundland
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]piece of land projecting into water
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Further reading
[edit]- “peninsula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Peninsula in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish península.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]península
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [peːˈnĩː.sʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈnin.su.la]
Noun
[edit]pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension
- alternative form of paenīnsula (“peninsula”)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pēnīnsula | pēnīnsulae |
| genitive | pēnīnsulae | pēnīnsulārum |
| dative | pēnīnsulae | pēnīnsulīs |
| accusative | pēnīnsulam | pēnīnsulās |
| ablative | pēnīnsulā | pēnīnsulīs |
| vocative | pēnīnsula | pēnīnsulae |
References
[edit]- “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
- “peninsula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]peninsula (plural peninsulae)
- A peninsula.
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English peninsula.
Noun
[edit]peninsula class IX (plural peninsula class X)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peˈninsula/ [pɛˌn̪in̪.sʊˈla]
- Rhymes: -insula
- Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧la
Noun
[edit]penínsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peninsula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
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