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peninsular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/ Australia, yod-coalescence
• /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
   • The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
   • Near-synonym: insular

Forms

Coordinates

insular

Deriveds

peninsularly · peninsularism · transpeninsular penis · midpeninsular · circumpeninsular · nonpeninsular · peninsular Spanish

Synonyms

insular

Translations (17)

pt peninsular (of or connected with a peninsula) · it peninsulare (of or connected with a peninsula) · ka ნახევარკუნძულოვანი (of or connected with a peninsula) · io peninsulala (of or connected with a peninsula) · fr péninsulaire (of or connected with a peninsula) · fi niemimaa- (of or connected with a peninsula) · cs poloostrovní (of or connected with a peninsula) · ca peninsular (of or connected with a peninsula) · el χερσονήσου (of or connected with a peninsula) · gl peninsular (of or connected with a peninsula) · vo tinisulik (of or connected with a peninsula) · pl półwyspowy (of or connected with a peninsula) · ia peninsular (of or connected with a peninsula) · fi niemi- (of or connected with a peninsula) · es peninsular (of or connected with a peninsula) · fur peninsulâr (of or connected with a peninsula) · hy թերակղզային (of or connected with a peninsula)

peninsular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/ Australia, yod-coalescence
• /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Meanings

1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
2. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
   • Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies. 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:
3. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
   alt of found chiefly in non-rhotic accents
   alt of peninsula
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.

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