peninsular
/pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.
adj
noun
A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
noun
Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
Example Sentences
- "The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land."
- "Near-synonym: insular"
- "Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
- British English: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/
Inflected Forms
more peninsular (comparative)
most peninsular (superlative)
peninsulars (plural)
peninsulares (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
peninsular Spanish
transpeninsular penis