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peninsula

pen·in·su·la [ pə nínssyələ, pə nínssələ ] (plural pen·in·su·las)


noun 
Definition:
 
land projecting into water: a narrow piece of land that juts out from the mainland into an area of water

[Mid-16th century. < Latin paeninsula< paene "almost" + insula "island"]

pen·in·su·lar adjective
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