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peninsula

noun
🔊/pəˈnɪnsjələ/
🔊/pəˈnɪnsələ/
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  1. an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land半岛
    • the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal)伊比利亚半岛
    Topics Geographyc1
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin paeninsula, from paene ‘almost’ + insula ‘island’.