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/pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/ · noun
(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass..
Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
Use peninsula when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peninsula means (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass..
Common synonyms include byland, cape, chersonese, half-island.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
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