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peninsula

[puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] / pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə /
NOUN
projecting mass of land
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Ms Sánchez acknowledges that there is room for improvement for Spain's electricity model, pointing to the Iberian peninsula's relative isolation from the European grid compared to most of its EU neighbours.

From BBC

It is a contest for who will be the leading power in the Arabian peninsula.

From BBC

“There is some sort of secret government project out here on the Virginia peninsula, and they are looking for Colored women who are mathematicians,” Eric told me.

From Literature

Scipio went directly to New Carthage, the nexus of Carthaginian power in the Iberian peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the peninsula, an even higher rate of breeding females -- 67 percent -- were estimated to have been wiped out.

From Barron's