peninsula
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peninsula
a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Peninsula
a body of land surrounded on three sides by water, with the fourth side connected to a continent or island. In most cases peninsulas are geologically part of a continent.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
peninsula
[pə′nin·sə·lə] (geography)
A body of land extending into water from the mainland, sometimes almost entirely separated from the mainland except for an isthmus.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.