Definition of peninsula

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Peninsula (n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus..

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Peninsula :: Peninsula (n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus..
Chersonese :: Chersonese (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea..
Peninsulate :: Peninsulate (v. t.) To form into a peninsula.
Peninsulating :: Peninsulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peninsulat.
India :: India (n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan..
Peninsular :: Peninsular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form; peninsular people; the peninsular war..
Guerrilla :: Guerrilla (n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war..
Mainland :: Mainland (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula..
Peloponnesian :: Peloponnesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece..
Byland :: Byland (n.) A peninsula.
Malay :: Malay (n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
Peninsulated :: Peninsulated (imp. & p. p.) of Peninsulat.
Isthmus :: Isthmus (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc..
Demi-island :: Demi-island (n.) Peninsula.
Malacca :: Malacca (n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
Malabar :: Malabar (n.) A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea..
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