peninsula

peninsula

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English

Alternative forms

  • pæninsula

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/
  • (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə/
  • Homophone: peninsular (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)

  1. (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    Synonyms: byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “peninsula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Peninsula in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish península.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la
  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/, [peˈn̪in̪.su.l̪a]

Noun

península

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rawis

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peːˈnin.su.la/, [peːˈnĩːs̠ʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈnin.su.la/, [peˈninsulä]

Noun

pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of paenīnsula ("peninsula").

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
  • peninsula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Scots

Etymology

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Noun

peninsula (plural peninsulae)

  1. A peninsula.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English peninsula.

Noun

peninsula (n class, plural peninsula)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/, [pɛˈnin.sʊ.lɐ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la

Noun

penínsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: tangway

Derived terms

  • Peninsulang Malayo (Malay Peninsula)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “peninsula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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