Peninsula (Noun)
Meaning
A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- Florida is a peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
- The Iberian Peninsula is a landmass in southwestern Europe made up of Spain and Portugal.
- Italy is a peninsula located in Southern Europe, bordered by the Adriatic Sea on the east and the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west.
- The Horn of Africa is a peninsula that juts out into the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
- The Crimean Peninsula is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, connected to Ukraine by the Isthmus of Perekop.