peninsula

name

1. A township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
2. A village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
3. Ellipsis of Iberian Peninsula.

   “[W]ith the exceptions of Switzerland, Sweden and the Peninsula, the whole of Europe was now in the grip of Hitler[.]”

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

1. A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

   “Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.”