adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
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General-American:/pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
/pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/Australian, yod-coalescence
homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic)
CMU ARPABET:P AH0 N IH1 N S AH0 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonym: insular
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insular
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
One who inhabits a peninsula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
of or forming or resembling a peninsula
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
peninsular isolation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
թերակղզային
(tʻerakġzayin)
— of or connected with a peninsula
Catalan:
peninsular
— of or connected with a peninsula
Czech:
poloostrovní
— of or connected with a peninsula
Finnish:
niemi-
— of or connected with a peninsula
Finnish:
niemimaa-
— of or connected with a peninsula
French:
péninsulaire
— of or connected with a peninsula
Friulian:
peninsulâr
— of or connected with a peninsula
Galician:
peninsular
— of or connected with a peninsula
Georgian:
ნახევარკუნძულოვანი
(naxevarḳunʒulovani)
— of or connected with a peninsula
Greek:
χερσονήσου
(chersonísou)
— of or connected with a peninsula
Ido:
peninsulala
— of or connected with a peninsula
Interlingua:
peninsular
— of or connected with a peninsula
Italian:
peninsulare
— of or connected with a peninsula
Polish:
półwyspowy
— of or connected with a peninsula
Portuguese:
peninsular
— of or connected with a peninsula
Spanish:
peninsular
— of or connected with a peninsula
Volapük:
tinisulik
— of or connected with a peninsula