# peninsula
## English
### Alternative forms

* pæninsula (archaic)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

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

* Banks Peninsula
* Bolivar Peninsula
* Bruce Peninsula
* Crimean peninsula
* Eyre Peninsula
* Iberian peninsula
* Italian peninsula
* Kathiawar peninsula
* Kenai Peninsula Borough
* Lake and Peninsula Borough
* Mahia Peninsula
* Mornington Peninsula
* Scandinavian Peninsula
* Yorke Peninsula
* Avalon Peninsula
* Baie Verte Peninsula
* Bay de Verde Peninsula
* Bonavista Peninsula
* Burin Peninsula
* Great Northern Peninsula
* Port au Port Peninsula

#### Related terms

* insular
* insulate
* insulation
* insulator
* island
* isolate
* isolation

#### 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: /peˈninsula/ [peˈn̪in̪.su.l̪a]

### Noun

península
* peninsula
    Synonym: rawis

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension
* 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)
* A peninsula.

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English peninsula.

### Noun

peninsula class IX (plural peninsula class X)
* peninsula
    Synonym: rasi

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /peˈninsula/ [pɛˌn̪in̪.sʊˈla]
* Rhymes: -insula
* Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧la

### Noun

penínsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)
* peninsula
    Synonym: tangway

#### Derived terms

* Peninsulang Malayo

#### Related terms

* insular
* insulares
* isla
* peninsulares

### Further reading

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