Presque-isle is a geographical term for a piece of land that is closer to being an island than most peninsulas, because it is joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow neck of land.
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Presque-isle (from the French presqu'île, meaning almost island) is a geographical term denoting a piece of land which is closer to being an island than most peninsulas because of its being joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow neck of land.
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