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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 90 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENINSULA (
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Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an
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island)  , in
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physical
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geography, a piece of
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land nearly surrounded by
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water . In its
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original sense it connotes
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attachment to a larger land-
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mass by a
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neck of land (
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isthmus) narrower than the
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peninsula itself, but it is often extended to apply to any
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long promontory, the
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coast-
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line of which is markedly longer than the landward boundary .

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