Browse Submitted Place Names

This is a list of submitted place names in which the meaning contains the keyword peninsula.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Kawasaki (Settlement) Japanese
Means "river bank" in Japanese. The kanji that make up the name are 川 (kawa), meaning "river, stream, brook", and 崎 (saki), meaning "peninsula, promontory, cape, spit"... [more]
Miyazaki (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula". This is the name of a city in Japan, as well as the prefecture in which the city is located.
Saitama (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
Means "spheric peninsula" in Japanese.
Saitama (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
From Japanese 埼 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere". This is the name of a prefecture of, as well as a city in, Japan.
Salekhard (Settlement) Russian
"House on a Peninsula”