peninsula
noun/pəˈnɪnsələ/
Frequency rank: #4,064 most common English word
Meaning
a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land.
Example sentence
Japan is a country made up of islands, but the Izu peninsula stretches out into the Pacific Ocean.
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