half-island
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula.
Example Sentences
- "Because of its half-island identity, the Korean peninsula has instilled among those who live along its coasts and on some of the over three thousand mostly small offshore islands, a long-term interest in fisheries."
- "For some time, the Midianites controlled part of the AraBa territories of Negeb desert and the half Island of Sinai."
- "Therefore, полуóстров is а half-island, or peninsula. Incidentally, the word peninsula is formed in the same way, from the Latin words раеnе (almost) and insula (island)."
- "Here the Chinese navy sees little but trouble and frustration in what Chinese strategists call the First Island Chain, which, going from north to south, comprises Japan and the Ryuku^([sic – meaning Ryukyu]) Islands, the “half-island” of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, [...]"
- "Yunen finds the "study of the half-island" to be no better than a "half-study," one whose artificially narrow scope blocks the understanding of shared problems and the finding of shared solutions."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
half-islands (plural)
half island (alternative)