English
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Etymology
From L. paene, almost, and insula, island.

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. geography A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

Translations
trans-top|a piece of land projecting into water
Arabic: Arab|شب� جز�رة|ش�ب��� ج�ز��ر�ة� IPAchar|(šíbhu jazīratin) m
Bosnian: poluostrvo n, poluotok m
Chinese: �� (bànd�o)
Croatian: poluotok m
Czech: poloostrov m
Dutch: schiereiland n
Estonian: poolsaar
Finnish: niemimaa
French: péninsule f
Frisian: skiereilân n
Genoese: penisoa f
German: Halbinsel f
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Hungarian: félsziget
Italian: penisola f
Japanese: �島 (����, hant�)
Korean: �� (bando)
Portuguese: península f
Russian: пол�о���ов (poluóstrov) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пол�о���во n, пол�о�ок m
:Roman: poluostrvo n, poluotok m
Slovene: polotok m
Spanish: península f
Swedish: halvö c
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