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A '''peninsula''', from the Latin 'paeninsula' ('paene', almost, and 'insula', island), is a piece of land surrounded mostly by sea, but adjoining some land.
A '''peninsula''', from the Latin 'paeninsula' ('paene', almost, and 'insula', island), is a piece of land surrounded mostly by sea, but adjoining some land.
Some examples are:
[[Apennine peninsula]]
[[Balkan peninsula]]

Revision as of 17:59, 14 February 2008

A peninsula, from the Latin 'paeninsula' ('paene', almost, and 'insula', island), is a piece of land surrounded mostly by sea, but adjoining some land.

Some examples are: Apennine peninsula Balkan peninsula