A peninsula is a expanse of land surrounded by water on three sides. Take Michigan, for example. Europe is technically a peninsula, because of the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Arctic. And it's really big. That's why they call it the "peninsula of peninsulas".
A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
Europe is called this because The continents of Europe and Asia form the Eurasian landmass. The continent of Europe sticks out from the western end of this landmass. It looks like a giant peninsula. Inside Europe are other peninsulas like the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, the Italian Peninsula and the Scandinavian Peninsula; which all goes to explain how Europe got its nickname - the peninsula of peninsulas. (5 themes, region)
