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| n. (object) | 1. peninsula | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water. |
| ~ anatolia, asia minor | a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey. |
| ~ balkan peninsula, balkans | a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range. |
| ~ indochina, indochinese peninsula | a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam. |
| ~ yucatan peninsula, yucatan | a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea. |
| ~ scandinavia, scandinavian peninsula | the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden. |
| ~ jutland, jylland | peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany. |
| ~ peloponnese, peloponnesian peninsula, peloponnesus | the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC. |
| ~ italian peninsula | a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea. |
| ~ nova scotia | a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River. |
| ~ arabia, arabian peninsula | a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources. |
| ~ sinai peninsula, sinai | a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea. |
| ~ dae-han-min-gook, han-gook, korea, korean peninsula | an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook. |
| ~ malay peninsula | a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar. |
| ~ iberian peninsula, iberia | a peninsula in southwestern Europe. |
| ~ katar peninsula, qatar peninsula, katar, qatar | a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf. |
| ~ horn of africa, somali peninsula | a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia. |
| ~ kola peninsula | a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea. |
| ~ crimea | a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. |
| ~ kamchatka peninsula | a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. |
| ~ taimyr peninsula, taymyr peninsula | a peninsula in northern Siberia. |
| ~ seward peninsula | a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle. |
| ~ cape ann | a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ cape cod | a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area. |
| ~ alaska peninsula | a peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands). |
| ~ antarctic peninsula, palmer peninsula | a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific. |
| ~ cape york peninsula | a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. |
| ~ chukchi peninsula | peninsula of northeastern Siberia across the Bering Strait from northwestern Alaska. |
| ~ eyre peninsula | a peninsula of southern Australia. |
| ~ labrador-ungava peninsula, labrador peninsula | a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ liaodong bandao, liaodong peninsula | a peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay. |
| ~ baja california, lower california | a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico. |
| ~ lower peninsula | the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. |
| ~ upper peninsula | the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan. |
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