— peninsular , adj. — peninsularism, peninsularity /peuh nin'seuh lar"i tee, -nins'yeuh-/ , n.
/peuh nin"seuh leuh, -nins"yeuh leuh/ , n.
1. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
2. the Peninsula ,
a. Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia.
b. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles.
[ 1530-40; paeninsula, equiv. to paen- PEN- + insula island ]