Peninsula

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peninsula
n. area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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Peninsula
Peninsula / Félsziget is a summer music festival taking place annually in TransylvaniaRomania.

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A peninsula ( from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. The surrounding water is usually understood to belong to a single contiguous body, but is not always explicitly defined as such. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a "peninsula" within the (almost closed) loop of water.

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peninsula

Noun
1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Asia Minor, Anatolia


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península
n. peninsula, area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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peninsula
n. poloostrov