peninsula

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/
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• General-American: /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/
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• General-American: /pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/
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• General-American: /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə/
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• /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə/ Australian, yod-coalescence
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• homophone: peninsular (non-rhotic, except South Asia)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH0 N IH1 N S AH0 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а́дгьылбжьахабжа (ádgjəlbžaxabẑa) — piece of land projecting into water
• Afrikaans: skiereiland — piece of land projecting into water
• Albanian: gadishull — piece of land projecting into water
• Southern Altai: јарым ортолык (ǰarïm ortolïk) — piece of land projecting into water
• Amharic: ባሕረ ገብ መሬት (baḥrä gäb märet) — piece of land projecting into water
• Arabic: شِبْه جَزِيرَة (šibh jazīra) — piece of land projecting into water
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܡܘܼܬ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ (dmūt gāzartā) — piece of land projecting into water
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܝܲܒ݂ܫܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (gāzartā yaḇšānāytā) — piece of land projecting into water
• Armenian: թերակղզի (tʻerakġzi) — piece of land projecting into water
• Asturian: península — piece of land projecting into water
• Azerbaijani: yarımada — piece of land projecting into water
• Bashkir: ярымутрау (yarımutraw) — piece of land projecting into water
• Basque: penintsula — piece of land projecting into water
• Belarusian: паўво́страў (pawvóstraw) — piece of land projecting into water
• Belarusian: паўвы́спа (pawvýspa) — piece of land projecting into water
• Bengali: উপদ্বীপ (upoddip) — piece of land projecting into water
• Central Bikol: rawis — piece of land projecting into water
• Breton: ledenez — piece of land projecting into water
• Bulgarian: полуо́стров (poluóstrov) — piece of land projecting into water
• Burmese: ကျွန်းဆွယ် (kywan:hcwai) — piece of land projecting into water
• Catalan: península — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese: 半島 /半岛 (bàndǎo) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese Cantonese: 半島 /半岛 (bun3 dou2) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese: банҗядо (banjiado) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese: банхэдо (banhedo) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese: 半島 /半岛 (poàn-tó) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chinese Mandarin: 半島 /半岛 (bàndǎo) — piece of land projecting into water
• Chuvash: ҫурутрав (śurutrav) — piece of land projecting into water
• Crimean Tatar: yarımada — piece of land projecting into water
• Czech: poloostrov — piece of land projecting into water
• Danish: halvø — piece of land projecting into water
• Dutch: schiereiland — piece of land projecting into water
• Esperanto: duoninsulo — piece of land projecting into water
• Estonian: poolsaar — piece of land projecting into water
• Faroese: hálvoyggj — piece of land projecting into water
• Faroese: nes — piece of land projecting into water
• Finnish: niemimaa — piece of land projecting into water
• French: péninsule — piece of land projecting into water
• French: presqu'île — piece of land projecting into water
• West-Frisian: skiereilân — piece of land projecting into water
• Galician: península — piece of land projecting into water
• Georgian: ნახევარკუნძული (naxevarḳunʒuli) — piece of land projecting into water
• German: Halbinsel — piece of land projecting into water
• Greek: χερσόνησος (chersónisos) — piece of land projecting into water
• Ancient Greek: χερσόνησος (khersónēsos) — piece of land projecting into water
• Gujarati: દ્વીપકલ્પ (dvīpkalp) — piece of land projecting into water
• Hebrew: חֲצִי אִי (khatsí-í) — piece of land projecting into water
• Hindi: प्रायद्वीप (prāyadvīp) — piece of land projecting into water
• Hungarian: félsziget — piece of land projecting into water
• Icelandic: skagi — piece of land projecting into water
• Ido: peninsulo — piece of land projecting into water
• Indonesian: semenanjung — piece of land projecting into water
• Ingrian: poolisaari — piece of land projecting into water
• Interlingua: peninsula — piece of land projecting into water
• Irish: leithinis — piece of land projecting into water
• Irish: glasoileán — piece of land projecting into water
• Italian: penisola — piece of land projecting into water
• Japanese: 半島 (hantō) — piece of land projecting into water
• Kalmyk: тоха арл (toxa arl) — piece of land projecting into water
• Kannada: ಅರೆತೆವರು (aretevaru) — piece of land projecting into water
• Karachay-Balkar: джарымайрымкан (carımayrımkan) — piece of land projecting into water
• Kazakh: түбек (tübek) — piece of land projecting into water
• Kazakh: жарты арал (jarty aral) — piece of land projecting into water
• Khmer: ទៀបកោះ (tiəp kɑh) — piece of land projecting into water
• Khmer: ស្ទើរកោះ (stəə kɑh) — piece of land projecting into water
• Khmer: ឧបទ្វីប (ʼupattviip) — piece of land projecting into water
• Korean: 반도 (bando) — piece of land projecting into water
• Northern Kurdish: nîvgirav — piece of land projecting into water
• Kyrgyz: жарым арал (jarım aral) — piece of land projecting into water
• Kyrgyz: түбөк (tübök) — piece of land projecting into water
• Lao: ຄາບສມຸດ (khāp sa mut) — piece of land projecting into water
• Latin: paenīnsula — piece of land projecting into water
• Latvian: pussala — piece of land projecting into water
• Ligurian: penisoa — piece of land projecting into water
• Lithuanian: pusiasalis — piece of land projecting into water
• Low German: Halfinsel — piece of land projecting into water
• Macedonian: полуо́стров (poluóstrov) — piece of land projecting into water
• Malay: semenanjung — piece of land projecting into water
• Malay: tanah menanjung — piece of land projecting into water
• Malay: penanjung — piece of land projecting into water
• Malay: jazirah — piece of land projecting into water
• Malayalam: ഉപദ്വീപ് (upadvīpŭ) — piece of land projecting into water
• Maltese: peniżola — piece of land projecting into water
• Māori: raenga kūiti — piece of land projecting into water
• Marathi: द्वीपकल्प (dvīpkalpa) — piece of land projecting into water
• Mongolian: хойг (xojg) — piece of land projecting into water
• Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠭ (qoyiɣ) — piece of land projecting into water
• Norwegian Bokmål: halvøy — piece of land projecting into water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halvøy — piece of land projecting into water
• Pashto: جزيره نما (ǰaziránamā) — piece of land projecting into water
• Pashto: شبه جزيره (šebeǰazira) — piece of land projecting into water
• Pashto: ټاپو وزمه (ṭāpúwázma) — piece of land projecting into water
• Persian: شِبْهِجَزیرِه (šebhe-jazire) — piece of land projecting into water
• Persian: شِبْهِ جَزیرِه (šebh-e jazire) — piece of land projecting into water
• Plautdietsch: Launtenj — piece of land projecting into water
• Polish: półwysep — piece of land projecting into water
• Portuguese: península — piece of land projecting into water
• Romanian: peninsulă — piece of land projecting into water
• Russian: полуо́стров (poluóstrov) — piece of land projecting into water
• Scots: peninsula — piece of land projecting into water
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-eilean — piece of land projecting into water
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-tìre — piece of land projecting into water
• Scottish Gaelic: ros — piece of land projecting into water
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏луоток — piece of land projecting into water
• Serbo-Croatian: полуострво — piece of land projecting into water
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍluotok — piece of land projecting into water
• Serbo-Croatian: poluostrvo — piece of land projecting into water
• Slovak: polostrov — piece of land projecting into water
• Slovene: polotok — piece of land projecting into water
• Spanish: península — piece of land projecting into water
• Spanish: procurrente — piece of land projecting into water
• Swahili: peninsula — piece of land projecting into water
• Swahili: rasi — piece of land projecting into water
• Swedish: halvö — piece of land projecting into water
• Tagalog: tangway — piece of land projecting into water
• Tajik: нимҷазира (nimjazira) — piece of land projecting into water
• Tajik: шибҳиҷазира (šibhijazira) — piece of land projecting into water
• Tamil: மூவலந்தீவு (mūvalantīvu) — piece of land projecting into water
• Tatar: ярымутрау (yarımutraw) — piece of land projecting into water
• Telugu: ద్వీపకల్పము (dvīpakalpamu) — piece of land projecting into water
• Thai: คาบสมุทร (kâap-sà-mùt) — piece of land projecting into water
• Tibetan: གྲིང་ཟུར (gring zur) — piece of land projecting into water
• Turkish: yarımada — piece of land projecting into water
• Ottoman Turkish: آطه (ada) — piece of land projecting into water
• Turkmen: ýarymada — piece of land projecting into water
• Ukrainian: піво́стрів (pivóstriv) — piece of land projecting into water
• Urdu: جَزِیرَہ نُما (jazīra numā) — piece of land projecting into water
• Uyghur: يېرىم ئارال (yërim aral) — piece of land projecting into water
• Uzbek: yarim orol — piece of land projecting into water
• Vietnamese: bán đảo — piece of land projecting into water
• Volapük: tinisul — piece of land projecting into water
• Volapük: lafanisul — piece of land projecting into water
• Walloon: cåziyon — piece of land projecting into water
• Walloon: cåziyea — piece of land projecting into water
• Welsh: gorynys — piece of land projecting into water
• Welsh: penrhyn — piece of land projecting into water
• Yakut: тумул арыы (tumul arïï) — piece of land projecting into water
• Yiddish: האַלבאינדזל (halbindzl) — piece of land projecting into water
• Yoruba: larubawa — piece of land projecting into water
• Zazaki: nimaleng — piece of land projecting into water