peninsula
noun
[ pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə ]
• a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
Similar:
cape,
promontory,
point,
head,
headland,
foreland,
ness,
horn,
bill,
bluff,
limb,
mull,
half-island,
half-isle,
demi-island,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin paeninsula, from paene ‘almost’ + insula ‘island’.
