peninsula
/pɪˈnɪn.s(j)ʊ.lə/ noun C1- A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Plural peninsulas
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Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St.
We left her standing upon the thin peninsula of firm, peaty soil which tapered out into the widespread bog.
“No, my dear fellow,” returned the young man, seating himself on the divan; “reassure yourself; we are tottering always, but we never fall, and I begin to believe that we shall pass into a state of immobility, and then the affairs of the Peninsula will completely consolidate us.”
The king (Don Carlos) has not left Bourges, and the peninsula is in the enjoyment of profound peace.
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