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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. | ||
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[[Balkan peninsula]] | [[Balkan peninsula]] | ||
[[Iberian peninsula]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 24 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: