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peninsula

pen·in·su·la

peninsula

 
 
pronunciation:
p nIn s l
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part of speech: noun
definition: an area of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water, and connected to a mainland by a usu. narrow strip of land.
 
similar words:
cape
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derivations: peninsular (adj.), peninsularity (n.)
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