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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 90 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PENINSULA (See also:
LAT
Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an See also:
ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')
island) , in See also:

PHYSICAL

physical See also:

GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, a piece of See also:

LAND

land nearly surrounded by See also:

WATER

water. In its See also:

ORIGINAL

original sense it connotes See also:

ATTACHMENT

attachment to a larger land-See also:

mass by a See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck of land (See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus) narrower than the peninsula itself, but it is often extended to apply to any See also:

long promontory, the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

LINE

line of which is markedly longer than the landward boundary.

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