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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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Working with the Kastrati family, a large Albanian business owner whose name adorns gas stations around the country, they put together a deal to buy land on the peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

South Korea’s coast guard said they had detained a Chinese man in his 60s with the surname Dong in waters off the west coast of the peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Sprawling along a windswept peninsula where the Sahara meets the Atlantic, the city of Dakhla certainly looked attractive.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

He’s rendered the Ka‘ena peninsula from the perspective of the ocean, so that the land is reaching out to the viewer. On the shore, so small that you might miss them, are three people. “

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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