ITALIAN PENINSULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Italian Peninsula mean? 

• ITALIAN PENINSULA (noun)
  The noun ITALIAN PENINSULA has 1 sense:

1. a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea

  Familiarity information: ITALIAN PENINSULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ITALIAN PENINSULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Italian Peninsula"):

Republic of San Marino; San Marino (the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy)

Holonyms ("Italian Peninsula" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)