Webster's English Dictionary

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peninsula

pen.in.su.la \p*-'nin(t)-s*-l*; -'nin-ch*-l*, -sh*-; -'nin(t)s-l*, 
   -'nin(t)s-y*-l*\ \-l*r\ n [L paeninsula, fr. paene almost + insula island - 
   more at (MPATIENT : a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and 
   connected with a larger  body by an isthmus; also : a piece of land jutting 
   out into the water whether with or without a well-defined isthmus - 
   pen.in.su.lar aj