Meanings
peninsula1
nounpeninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)
plural peninsulas · plural peninsulae · alternative archaic pæninsula
- geographyA piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
1 more example
Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, production code 6F18Synonyms: byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness
Peninsula2
proper noun
- A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Iberian Peninsula.
[W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]
1958, C.E. Lucas Phillips, The Greatest Raid of All, London: Heineman, page 26
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Origin
- Latinpaenīnsula
- Englishpeninsula
Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans skiereiland
- skiereilandpiece of land projecting into water
Ancient Greek χερσόνησος
- χερσόνησος (khersónēsos)piece of land projecting into water
Arabic شِبْه جَزِيرَة
- شِبْه جَزِيرَة (šibh jazīra)piece of land projecting into water
Basque penintsula
- penintsulapiece of land projecting into water
Bengali উপদ্বীপ
- উপদ্বীপ (upoddip)piece of land projecting into water
Bulgarian полуо́стров
- полуо́стров (poluóstrov)piece of land projecting into water
Catalan península
- penínsulapiece of land projecting into water
Chinese Cantonese 半島 /半岛
- 半島 /半岛 (bun³ dou²)piece of land projecting into water
Chinese Mandarin 半島 /半岛
- 半島 /半岛 (bàndǎo)piece of land projecting into water
Czech poloostrov
- poloostrovpiece of land projecting into water
Danish halvø
- halvøpiece of land projecting into water
Dutch schiereiland
- schiereilandpiece of land projecting into water
Esperanto duoninsulo
- duoninsulopiece of land projecting into water
Estonian poolsaar
- poolsaarpiece of land projecting into water
Finnish niemimaa
- niemimaapiece of land projecting into water
French péninsule, presqu'île
- péninsulepiece of land projecting into water
- presqu'îlepiece of land projecting into water
German Halbinsel
- Halbinselpiece of land projecting into water
Greek χερσόνησος
- χερσόνησος (chersónisos)piece of land projecting into water
Hebrew חֲצִי אִי
- חֲצִי אִי (khatsí-í)piece of land projecting into water
Hindi प्रायद्वीप
- प्रायद्वीप (prāyadvīp)piece of land projecting into water
Hungarian félsziget
- félszigetpiece of land projecting into water
Icelandic skagi, nes
- skagipiece of land projecting into water
- nespiece of land projecting into water
Indonesian semenanjung
- semenanjungpiece of land projecting into water
Irish leithinis, glasoileán
- leithinispiece of land projecting into water
- glasoileánpiece of land projecting into water
Italian penisola
- penisolapiece of land projecting into water
Japanese 半島
- 半島 (hantō)piece of land projecting into water
Korean 반도
- 반도 (bando)piece of land projecting into water
Latin paenīnsula
- paenīnsulapiece of land projecting into water
Latvian pussala
- pussalapiece of land projecting into water
Lithuanian pusiasalis
- pusiasalispiece of land projecting into water
Malay semenanjung, tanah menanjung
- semenanjungpiece of land projecting into water
- tanah menanjungpiece of land projecting into water
- penanjungpiece of land projecting into water
- jazirahpiece of land projecting into water
Māori raenga kūiti
- raenga kūitipiece of land projecting into water
Norwegian Bokmål halvøy
- halvøypiece of land projecting into water
Polish półwysep
- półwyseppiece of land projecting into water
Portuguese península
- penínsulapiece of land projecting into water
Romanian peninsulă
- peninsulăpiece of land projecting into water
Russian полуо́стров
- полуо́стров (poluóstrov)piece of land projecting into water
Scottish Gaelic leth-eilean, ceann-tìre
- leth-eileanpiece of land projecting into water
- ceann-tìrepiece of land projecting into water
- rospiece of land projecting into water
Slovak polostrov
- polostrovpiece of land projecting into water
Spanish península, procurrente
- penínsulapiece of land projecting into water
- procurrentepiece of land projecting into water
Swahili peninsula, rasi
- peninsulapiece of land projecting into water
- rasipiece of land projecting into water
Swedish halvö
- halvöpiece of land projecting into water
Tagalog tangway
- tangwaypiece of land projecting into water
Tamil மூவலந்தீவு
- மூவலந்தீவு (mūvalantīvu)piece of land projecting into water
Thai คาบสมุทร
- คาบสมุทร (kâap-sà-mùt)piece of land projecting into water
Turkish yarımada
- yarımadapiece of land projecting into water
Ukrainian піво́стрів
- піво́стрів (pivóstriv)piece of land projecting into water
Urdu جَزِیرَہ نُما
- جَزِیرَہ نُما (jazīra numā)piece of land projecting into water
Vietnamese bán đảo
- bán đảopiece of land projecting into water
Welsh gorynys, penrhyn
- gorynyspiece of land projecting into water
- penrhynpiece of land projecting into water
Yiddish האַלבאינדזל
- האַלבאינדזל (halbindzl)piece of land projecting into water
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
peninsular (non-rhotic, except South Asia)
Cite this entry
APA
peninsula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peninsula
MLA
“peninsula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peninsula. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peninsula,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peninsula.
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