peninsula
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//pəˈnɪn.sə.lə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə//
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Substantiv
- 1
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
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.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).
Formen
- Plural
- peninsulas, peninsulae
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