单词 | peninsula |
释义 | peninsula —peninsular, adj. —peninsularism, peninsularity /peuh nin'seuh lar"i tee, -nins'yeuh-/, n. /peuh nin"seuh leuh, -nins"yeuh leuh/, n. 1. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. 2. the Peninsula, a. Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia. b. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. [1530-40; < L paeninsula, equiv. to paen- PEN- + insula island] |
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