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Word: Peninsula
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin paeninsula, from paene ‘almost’ + insula ‘island’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
Short Definition:piece of land almost surrounded by water
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