English Explanatory Dictionary

half-island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula.
  2. An area of land occupying part or half of an island.

Word forms

half-island half-islands half island

Etymology

From half- + island. Compare German Halbinsel (“peninsula”, literally “half-island”), Latin paeninsula (“peninsula”, literally “almost-island”).

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