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
- 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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