promontory
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).
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[edit]Noun
[edit]promontory (plural promontories)
- A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
- 1970, Ken Fitzgerald, The Space Age Photographic Atlas[1], Crown Publishers, page 196:
- South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or Changshu Islands) are heavily fortified Nationalist strongholds.
- (anatomy) A projecting part of the body.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Further reading
[edit]- “promontory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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