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

From BBC

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

The peninsula is home to Great Britain's most remote pub, The Old Forge in Inverie, which is run by Stephanie Harris.

From BBC

Early last month, Ukraine struck a refinery in the southern Krasnodar region, as well as an oil terminal and an ammunition depot in the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, according to Russian authorities.

From Barron's