Standard Lemma guide

peninsular

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
Real reading context

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