peninsula : Idioms & Phrases


alaska peninsula

  • noun a peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands)
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antarctic peninsula

  • noun a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
    Antarctic Peninsula.
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arabian peninsula

  • noun a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
    Arabia.
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balkan peninsula

  • noun a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
    Balkans.
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cape york peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
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chukchi peninsula

  • noun peninsula of northeastern Siberia across the Bering Strait from northwestern Alaska
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eyre peninsula

  • noun a peninsula of southern Australia
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iberian peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in southwestern Europe
    Iberia.
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indochinese peninsula

  • noun a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
    Indochina.
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italian peninsula

  • noun a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
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kamchatka peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk
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katar peninsula

  • noun a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
    Katar; Qatar; Katar Peninsula.
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kola peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea
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korean peninsula

  • noun an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
    Han-Gook; Korea; Dae-Han-Min-Gook.
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labrador peninsula

  • noun a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Labrador Peninsula.
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labrador-ungava peninsula

  • noun a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Labrador Peninsula.
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liaodong peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay
    Liaodong Bandao.
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lower peninsula

  • noun the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
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malay peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar
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palmer peninsula

  • noun a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
    Antarctic Peninsula.
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peloponnesian peninsula

  • noun the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
    Peloponnese; Peloponnesus.
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qatar peninsula

  • noun a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
    Katar; Qatar; Katar Peninsula.
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scandinavian peninsula

  • noun the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
    Scandinavia.
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seward peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle
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sinai peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
    Sinai.
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somali peninsula

  • noun a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
    Horn of Africa.
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taimyr peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in northern Siberia
    Taimyr Peninsula.
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taymyr peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in northern Siberia
    Taimyr Peninsula.
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upper peninsula

  • noun the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
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yucatan peninsula

  • noun a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
    Yucatan.
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