Meaning of half-island | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula.
2. An area of land occupying part or half of an island.

Examples

“Because of its half-island identity, the Korean peninsula has instilled among those who live⟳ along its coasts and on some of the over three thousand mostly small offshore islands, a long-term interest⟳ in fisheries.”

“For some time, the Midianites controlled part of the AraBa territories of Negeb desert and the half Island of Sinai.”

“Therefore, полуóстров is а half-island, or peninsula. Incidentally, the word peninsula is formed in the same way, from the Latin words раеnе (almost) and insula (island).”

“Here the Chinese navy sees little but trouble⟳ and frustration in what Chinese strategists call⟳ the First Island Chain, which, going from north to south, comprises Japan and the Ryuku^([sic – meaning Ryukyu]) Islands, the “half-island” of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, [...]”

“Yunen finds the "study⟳ of the half-island" to be no better than a "half-study," one whose artificially narrow scope blocks the understanding of shared problems and the finding of shared solutions.”

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