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1. (n.) promontory
a high point of land or rock projecting into water beyond the line of coast; headland.
2. promontory
a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.
3. promontory
Anat. a prominent or protuberant part.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L prōmontorium, prōmunturium, of unclear derivation)
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| Definition of 'Promontory' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) promontory, headland, head, foreland
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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1. (noun) Promontory
a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape
2. (noun) Promontory
a projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear
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Sense: a piece of land that projects from the coastline.
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 Afrikaans: kaap |
 Arabic: رأس بَحْري، جُرْف |
 Bulgarian: нос |
 Brazilian: promontório |
 Czech: mys,útes |
 German: das Vorgebirge |
 Danish: forbjerg |
 Greek: ακρωτήρι |
 Spanish: promontorio |
 Estonian: (kalju)neem |
 Farsi: سنگپوز |
 Finnish: niemeke |
 French: promontoire |
 Hebrew: צוּק, כֵּף |
 Hindi: अंतरीप, प्रोतुंग |
 Hungarian: hegyfok |
 Indonesian: tanjung |
 Icelandic: höfði |
 Italian: promontorio |
 Japanese: 岬 |
 Korean: 곳, 갑 |
 Lithuanian: iškyšulys |
 Latvian: zemesrags |
 Malay: tanjung tinggi |
 Dutch: kaap |
 Norwegian: nes, odde, tange |
 Polish: cypel |
 Persian: برامده گى |
 Pashto: څرګند والى |
 Portuguese: promontório |
 Romanian: promontoriu |
 Russian: мыс |
 Slovak: mys,útes |
 Slovenian: štrlina |
 Serbian: rt |
 Swedish: udde |
 Thai: แหลมที่ยื่นไปในทะเล |
 Turkish: burun |
 Taiwanese: 海角，岬 |
 Ukrainian: мис |
 Urdu: نماياں بلند مقام |
 Vietnamese: mũi đất |
 Chinese: 海角，岬 |
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