English > headland: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
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| Synonyms | promontory, head, foreland |
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| Instances | Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy | A sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida |
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| Cape Hatteras | A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina |
| Cape Horn | A rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego) |
| Cape Sable | A promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia |
| Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain |
| Jebel Musa, Abila, Abyla | A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar |
| Narrower | mull | A term used in Scottish names of promontories |
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| point | A promontory extending out into a large body of water |
| Broader | natural elevation, elevation | A raised or elevated geological formation |
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| Spanish | farallón, promontorio |
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| Catalan | escull, faralló, niell, penyal, promontori |
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