peninsular

CEFRC1

/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/

adjective · noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to or located on a peninsula.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

Examples

  • The country is located in a beautiful peninsular region.

  • The peninsular area was scenic.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
  • /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. One who inhabits a peninsula.

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

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • The peninsular region was mountainous.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.

  • The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The blank region of Baja California extends southward into the Pacific Ocean.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

adjective

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