Peninsula

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
 * 2) A piece of land surrounded by water on all but one side.

Synonyms

 * byland
 * cape
 * chersonese
 * headland

Related terms

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

Verbs for Peninsula
approach—; fortify—; guard—; inhabit—; near—; overrun—; surround—; view—; watch—; —adjoins; —beckons; —extends; —lengthens; —projects; —protrudes; — reaches; —ranges; —stretches.

Thesaurus
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Eurasia, Eurasian landmass, Europe, North America, South America, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, continent, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, headland, hook, landmass, main, mainland, mull, naze, ness, point, promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, subcontinent, tongue

Alternative forms

 * pæninsula

Etymology
From paeninsula:, from paene:, and insula:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: penintsula
 * Bosnian: poluostrvo, poluotok
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: duoninsulo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 半島 (はんとう, hantō)
 * Khmer: ឧបទ្វីប


 * Korean: 반도 (bando)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: pussala
 * Ligurian: penisoa
 * Lithuanian: pusiasalis
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leth-eilean
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: полуострво, полуоток
 * Roman: poluostrvo, poluotok
 * Slovak: polostrov
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýarymada
 * Volapük: tinisul, lafanisul
 * West Frisian: skiereilân

Noun

 * 1)  ("peninsula").