peninsula

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pen·in·sula [peninsula peninsulas] BrE [pəˈnɪnsjələ] NAmE [pəˈnɪnsələ] noun
an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land
•the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal)

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin paeninsula, from paene ‘almost’ insula ‘island’.