Synonyms for peninsula

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə

Définition of peninsula

Origin : 1530s, from Latin pæninsula "a peninsula," literally "almost an island," from pæne "almost" + insula "island" (see isle). Earlier translated as demie island.

noun projecting mass of land

Example sentences :

They were on a peninsula, as it were, while the soldiers were securing the isthmus.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

On them were engraved in gilt letters, "The Peninsula" and "Waterloo."
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence

Diarrhœa and dysentery were already sending many of them from the Peninsula.
Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst

The Division remained on the Peninsula until the 29th December.
Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst

The war with the Turks on the Peninsula became purely a war of tactics.
Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst

The country of the Goajires is a peninsula of Colombia bordering on Venezuela.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

All these orders had convents in the principal towns of the Peninsula, and its colonies.
Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous

It is a race as to whether this peninsula will be captured by communism or capitalism.
Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos

Philip knew these relatives well: they ramify, if need be, all over the peninsula.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

Freetown, the capital, is built on a peninsula about eighteen miles long.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

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