Definition of peninsula Peninsula

/pʌnɪˈnsʌlʌ/ - [puninsulu] - pen•in•su•la

We found 8 definitions of peninsula from 8 different sources.

What does peninsula mean?

Plural: peninsulas

peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

dry land, solid ground, terra firma, earth, ground, land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth"

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peninsula (Noun)
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

peninsula (n.)
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

peninsula
A piece of land extending into the sea almost entirely surrounded by water.

peninsula
pē-nin′sū-la, n. land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island.—adj. Penin′sular, pertaining to a peninsula: in the form of a peninsula: inhabiting a peninsula.—n. Peninsular′ity, state of being, or of inhabiting, a peninsula: narrow provincialism.—v.t. Penin′sulate, to form into a peninsula: to surround almost entirely with water.—Peninsular war, the war in Spain and Portugal, carried on by Great Britain against Napoleon's marshals (1804-1814).—The Peninsula, Spain and Portugal. [L.,—pæne, almost, insula, an island.]

peninsula
A tract of land joined to a continent by a comparatively narrow neck termed an isthmus.

A peninsula is a region of land that sticks out in a body of water. It is also defined as a piece of land with water on three sides. Korea, and most of the U.S. state of Florida, are peninsulas. If Eurasia is considered a continent then the continent of Europe is technically a peninsula.