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peninsular.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/General-American/pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

    The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
  2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

Where this word comes from

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

noun/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/General-American/pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
  1. One who inhabits a peninsula.

  2. A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.

    historical
  3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.

    alt-of · misspelling
Where this word comes from

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

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