peninsula

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pen=in=su=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

peninsula, n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See Isle.].

 A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

peninsula

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Eurasia, Eurasian landmass, Europe, North America, South America, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, continent, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, headland, hook, landmass, main, mainland, mull, naze, ness, point, promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, subcontinent, tongue

ROGET THESAURUS

peninsula

Land

N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.