peninsula's

Water-surrounded projection's

Peninsula's is the possessive form of peninsula, a piece of land that juts out into a body of water, connected to a larger landmass on one side but surrounded by water on the others.

The possessive indicates something belonging to or associated with such a landform: the peninsula's coastline, the peninsula's strategic importance.

Florida and Korea are well-known examples of peninsulas.

geographic

coastline

Land-water boundary

isthmusNarrow strip connecting landmasses
mainlandPrincipal connected territory
landmassContinuous area of ground

shoreline · headland · cape · promontory · neck · spit · tombolo · strait · channel · bay

possessive

tip

End or gratuity

baseSupporting bottom structure
widthDistance across something
lengthMeasure of extent

coastline · inhabitants · wildlife · ecosystem · climate · resources · history · culture · economy · vegetation

notable

Iberian

Of Spain and Portugal

ItalianOf or from Rome's country
KoreanOf the peninsula nation
ArabianOf the peninsula

Scandinavian · Balkan · Yucatan · Baja · Florida · Crimean · Sinai · Malay · Kamchatka · Jutland

Opposites

landmass connectivity to water

peninsula'sisland's

Possessive of surrounded land

bay's · continent's · sound's · ocean's · harbor's

Phrases

Arabian PeninsulaSouthwest Asian landmass
Korean PeninsulaEast Asian divided landmass
Yucatán PeninsulaSoutheastern Mexican geographic projection
Yucatan PeninsulaSoutheastern Mexico's Caribbean projection
Upper PeninsulaMichigan's northern detached region
Delmarva PeninsulaMid-Atlantic coastal land strip

Family

peninsula, peninsulas, peninsular

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