σκόπελος noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
ῥίον noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Arabic

3 entries

رَعْن noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
شَنْخَة noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
طُنُف عَجُزِِيّ noun (projection on the sacrum)

Armenian

1 entries

հրվանդան noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Bashkir

1 entries

морон noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Bulgarian

1 entries

висок нос noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

海角 noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Czech

4 entries

mys noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
ostroh noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
předhoří noun (projection on the sacrum)
útes noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Dutch

3 entries

landtong noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
uitsteeksel noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
voorgebergte noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Finnish

2 entries

niemeke noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
nokka noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

French

1 entries

promontoire noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

German

1 entries

Landzunge noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Hungarian

1 entries

hegyfok noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Irish

4 entries

léim noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
rinn noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
ros noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
scoth noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Italian

1 entries

promontorio noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Japanese

1 entries

岬 noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Khmer

1 entries

ដើមភ្នំ noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Latin

1 entries

prōmontōrium noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Macedonian

2 entries

'рт noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
нос noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Māori

3 entries

koutu noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
kūmore noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
tūmū noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Norman

1 entries

capée noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

landtunge noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
nes noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
odde noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
tange noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Old English

1 entries

hōh noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بورون noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Polish

3 entries

cypel noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
przylądek noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
wzgórek noun (projection on the sacrum)

Portuguese

1 entries

promontório noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Russian

3 entries

вы́ступ noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
мыс noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
стре́лка noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Scots

1 entries

mull noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

rubha noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
sròn noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

promontorij noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Spanish

1 entries

promontorio noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Swahili

1 entries

rasi noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Swedish

1 entries

udde noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Thai

1 entries

แหลม noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Ukrainian

2 entries

виступ noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
мис noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Volapük

1 entries

länalineg noun (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Sample sentences

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The boat sailed around the promontory.

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Breached and battered, the ruin stands in a grove of ilex on a very beautiful promontory.

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There's a cave on the promontory.

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Be like a promontory that the waves endlessly come to break against.

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