Definition of Peninsula

Babylon English
peninsula
n. area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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Peninsula Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Peninsula
A body of land jutting out into and nearly surrounded by water. (DOI4)


Peninsula Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Peninsula
(n.)
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
  

WordNet 2.0
peninsula
Noun
1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Asia Minor, Anatolia

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English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Gorynys
Gorynys = n. a peninsula


Peninsula Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

US Zip Codes
44264
State: OHIO
City: PENINSULA

Australian GPS + Postcode Town Index
PENINSULA WA
WA -31.94889 115.90556


Peninsula Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
PENINSULA
A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an Isthmus.


Peninsula Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.

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