Link Centre Dictionary

peninsular

pe·nin·su·lar

UK/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/ US/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or forming or resembling a peninsula

  • “peninsular isolation”

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Phrases

  • peninsular Spanish
  • transpeninsular penis

Related words

Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.