peninsular
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulasOf, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
Meaning
2 sensesOf, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.
of or forming or resembling a peninsula
Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
Near-synonym: insular
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the hLearned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
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Forms
more peninsular, most peninsular| Comparative | more peninsular Lesson |
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| Superlative | most peninsular Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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