English > ness: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | A strip of land projecting into a body of water. |
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| Synonym | cape |
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| Instances | Cape Fear | A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Cape Flattery | A cape of northwestern Washington |
| Cape Froward | A cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile |
| 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 May | A cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Cape Passero, Passero Cape | A cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily |
| Cape Sable | A cape at the southwest tip of Florida |
| Cape Trafalgar | A small cape in southwestern Spain |
| Cape York | The northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait |
| Cape of Good Hope | A point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town) |
| Hook of Holland, Hoek van Holland | A cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam |
| Lindesnes, Naze | A cape at the southern tip of Norway |
| Skagens Odde, Skaw | A cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt |
| Narrower | spit, tongue | A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea |
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| Broader | land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface |
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| Spanish | cabo |
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| Catalan | cap |
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