| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pen·in·su·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -n n sy-l, -s-l |
| NOUN: | abbr. Pen. A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin paen nsula : paene, almost + nsula, island. | | OTHER FORMS: | pen·insu·lar —ADJECTIVE
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