See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

PENINSULA (See also:

• LAT

Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island)  , in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, a piece of See also:

• LAND

land nearly surrounded by See also:

• WATER

water . In its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense it connotes See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment to a larger land-See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass by a See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck of land (See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus) narrower than the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula itself, but it is often extended to apply to any See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long promontory, the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• LINE

line of which is markedly longer than the landward boundary .