peninsula
Word family adjectivepeninsularnounpeninsularitypeninsulaverbpeninsulate
pe·nin·su·la /pəˈnɪnsjələ $ -sələ/ ●○○ noun [countableC] SGa piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land 半岛 the Korean peninsula 朝鲜半岛
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→5 see picture at 见图 island Origin peninsula (1500-1600) Latin paeninsula, from paene “almost” + insula “island”