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pen•in•su•la

Pronunciation: (pu-nin'su-lu, -nins'yu-lu), [key]
—n.
1. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
2. the Peninsula,
a. Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia.
b. a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

penicillium

Peninsular State

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