peninsula
English
/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/, /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/, /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə/
noun
Definitions
- (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (peninsula).
Origin
Latin
paenīnsula
Gloss
peninsula
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alaska English
- Alaska Peninsula English
- Aleut English
- Aleut Peninsula English
- Aleutian English
- Aleutian Peninsula English
- midpeninsula English
- midpeninsular English
- peninsular English
- peninsularly English
- peninsulate English
- subpeninsula English
- transpeninsular English
- paenīnsula Latin
- paenīnsulāris Latin
- penisola Italian
- péninsule French
- península Spanish, Castilian
- península Portuguese
- península Catalan, Valencian
- península Asturian
- ʻanemoku Hawaiian