Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peninsula"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Peninsula \Pen*in"su*la\, n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene
almost + insula an island. See {Isle}.]
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected
with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

peninsula
n : a large mass of land projecting into a body of water


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