peninsula

peninsula
[pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə]
noun

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
半岛

派生
peninsular
adjective
语源

mid 16th cent.: from Latin paeninsula, from paene 'almost' + insula 'island'

用法

The spelling of the noun as peninsular instead of peninsula is a common mistake; around 20 per cent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect spelling. The spelling peninsula should be used when a noun is intendedthe end of the Cape Peninsulawhereas peninsular is the spelling of the adjectivethe peninsular part of Malaysia