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Meaning of peninsula | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə

Definitions

  1. A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
  2. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass
  3. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
  4. A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
  5. Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Afrikaans skiereiland
Azərbaycanca yarımada
Български полуостров
বাংলা উপদ্বীপ
བོད་སྐད གྲིང་ཟུར
Català península
Čeština poloostrov
Cymraeg gorynys penrhyn
Dansk halvø
Deutsch Halbinsel
Ελληνικά χερσόνησος
Esperanto duoninsulo
Eesti poolsaar
Euskara penintsula
فارسی شبه جزیره
Suomi niemimaa
Gàidhlig leth-eilean
Galego península
עברית חֲצִי אִי
हिन्दी प्रायद्वीप
Magyar félsziget
Հայերեն թերակղզի
Bahasa Indonesia jazirah semenanjung
Íslenska skagi
Italiano penisola
日本語 半島
한국어 반도
Кыргызча түбөк
Latina paeninsula
Lietuvių pusiasalis
Latviešu pussala
Македонски полуостров
Монгол хойг
Bahasa Melayu semenanjung
Malti peniżola
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကျွန်းဆွယ်
Nederlands schiereiland
Polski półwysep
Português península
Русский полуостров
Slovenčina polostrov
Slovenščina polotok
Shqip gadishull
Svenska halvö
Kiswahili peninsula rasi
Türkmençe ýarymada
Tagalog tangway
Türkçe yarımada
Українська піво́стрів
Tiếng Việt bán đảo
Yorùbá Larubawa

Examples

“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.”
“[W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]”

CEFR level

C2
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