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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:15

Pen*in"su*la (?), n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See Isle.]

A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

 

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