peninsular

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective of or forming or resembling a peninsula

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

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