English Explanatory Dictionary

peninsular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
  2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
noun
  1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
  2. A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
  3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.

Pronunciation

/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/ /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peninsular.wav /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/ /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/

Word forms

peninsular more peninsular most peninsular peninsulars peninsulares

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Synonyms

insular

Derived words

circumpeninsular midpeninsular nonpeninsular peninsularism peninsularly peninsular Spanish transpeninsular penis
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