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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
• (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA: /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic)

形容詞

peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

   Coordinate term: insular

   The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.

2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

   Near-synonym: insular

派生語

名詞

peninsular (plural peninsulars or peninsulares)

1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
2. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:

     Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.

3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.