peninsula

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

   Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

2. 2
   name

   Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula.

   [W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]

3. 3
   noun

   a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

4. 4
   name

   A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.

5. 5
   name

   A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).