# peninsular
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula +‎ -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
* (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
* Homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic)

### Adjective

peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular)
* Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula.
    The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
* Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

#### Derived terms

* peninsular Spanish

#### Translations
### Noun

peninsular (plural peninsulars or peninsulares)
* One who inhabits a peninsula.
* (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
** 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.
* Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pə.nin.suˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pə.nin.suˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pe.nin.suˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulars)
* peninsular (relating to a peninsula)

### Noun

peninsular m or f by sense (plural peninsulars)
* peninsular (inhabitant of a peninsula)

## Interlingua
### Adjective

peninsular (not comparable)
* peninsular

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨ.nĩ.suˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

### Adjective

peninsular m or f (plural peninsulares)
* (geography) peninsular (of or relating to a peninsula)

#### Related terms

* península

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French péninsulaire. By surface analysis, peninsulă +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peninsuˈlar/

### Adjective

peninsular m or n (feminine singular peninsulară, masculine plural peninsulari, feminine and neuter plural peninsulare)
* peninsular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, península +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peninsuˈlaɾ/ [pe.nĩn.suˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

### Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulares)
* peninsular

### Noun

peninsular m (plural peninsulares)
* (historical, Latin America, US, Philippines, obsolete) Spaniard born in the Iberian Peninsula who immigrated into the colonies of the Spanish Empire; peninsular.
    Synonyms: español, castellano
    Coordinate terms: criollo, americano, insular, filipino, filipina

### References

* ↑ Nolasco, Clarita T. (1970 September) “The Creoles in Spanish Philippines”, in Far Eastern University Journal‎, volume 15, number 1 & 2
* ↑ Perdon, Renato (2013 December 31) “Archived copy”, in The origin of Filipino‎, archived from the original on 21 October 2021
* ↑ Pepito, Dr. Rodello ((Can we date this quote?)) Insulares: Spanish born in Insular areas‎

### Further reading

* “peninsular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10