panhandle
noun/ˈpænhændl/
/ˈpænhændl/
(North American English)- a narrow piece of land that sticks out from the main part of a state, like the handle of a pan. Two well-known examples are the Florida panhandle and the Oklahoma panhandle, both of which stick out to the north-west of their states.
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