See also: península and peninsulă

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Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (almost), and īnsula (island).

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peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)

  1. (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
    Synonyms: byland, cape, chersonese, half-island, headland, ness

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in toponyms of Newfoundland

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Borrowed from Spanish península.

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la
  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/, [peˈn̪in̪.su.l̪a]

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península

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rawis

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pēnīnsula f (genitive pēnīnsulae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of paenīnsula ("peninsula").

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēnīnsula pēnīnsulae
Genitive pēnīnsulae pēnīnsulārum
Dative pēnīnsulae pēnīnsulīs
Accusative pēnīnsulam pēnīnsulās
Ablative pēnīnsulā pēnīnsulīs
Vocative pēnīnsula pēnīnsulae

References edit

  • peninsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • peninsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peninsula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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peninsula (plural peninsulae)

  1. A peninsula.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English peninsula.

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peninsula (n class, plural peninsula)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: rasi

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧la
  • IPA(key): /peˈninsula/, [pɛˈnin.sʊ.lɐ]

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penínsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)

  1. peninsula
    Synonym: tangway

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  • peninsula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018