Tags: Ethnic Group.
In the colonial caste system of Spanish America and Spanish Philippines a peninsular (Spanish pronunciation: [peninsuˈlar] pl. peninsulares) was a Spanish-born Spaniard or mainland Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies as opposed to a person of full Spanish descent born in the Americas or Philippines who were known as creoles. The word peninsular makes reference to the Iberian Peninsula in Europe where Spain is located.
