'Peninsula' definitions:
Definition of 'peninsula'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large mass of land projecting into a body of water
Definition of 'Peninsula'
From: GCIDE
- Peninsula \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peninsula'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Africa,
- Antarctica,
- Asia,
- Australia,
- bill,
- breakwater,
- cape,
- chersonese,
- continent,
- coral reef,
- delta,
- Eurasia,
- Eurasian landmass,
- Europe,
- foreland,
- head,
- headland,
- hook,
- landmass,
- main,
- mainland,
- mull,
- naze,
- ness,
- North America,
- point,
- promontory,
- reef,
- sandspit,
- South America,
- spit,
- spur,
- subcontinent,
- tongue
Peninsula, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Peninsula, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
602
Housing Units (2000) :
254
Land area (2000) :
4.674119 sq. miles (12.105912 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.010029 sq. miles (0.025976 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.684148 sq. miles (12.131888 sq. km)
FIPS code :
61574
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
41.240755 N, 81.556363 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
44264
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Peninsula'
- Bolivar Peninsula,
- Kenai Peninsula,
- Lake and Peninsula,
- Malay Peninsula,
- Peninsula State,
- Peninsula, OH,
- alaska peninsula,
- antarctic peninsula,
- arabian peninsula,
- balkan peninsula,
- chukchi peninsula,
- eyre peninsula,
- iberian peninsula,
- indochinese peninsula,
- italian peninsula,
- kamchatka peninsula,
- katar peninsula,
- kola peninsula,
- korean peninsula,
- labrador peninsula,
- liaodong peninsula,
- lower peninsula,
- palmer peninsula,
- peloponnesian peninsula,
- qatar peninsula,
- scandinavian peninsula,
- seward peninsula,
- sinai peninsula,
- somali peninsula,
- taimyr peninsula,
- taymyr peninsula,
- upper peninsula,
- yucatan peninsula,
- Bolivar Peninsula, TX,
- Kenai Peninsula Borough,
- Kenai Peninsula, AK,
- Lake Almanor Peninsula,
- Lake and Peninsula Borough,
- Lake and Peninsula, AK,
- cape york peninsula,
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK,
- Lake Almanor Peninsula, CA,
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK,
- labrador-ungava peninsula