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peninsula

pe·nin·sula

UK/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/ US/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/ fairly common

noun

1.

a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Origin

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

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