promontory

noun
🔊/ˈprɒməntri/
🔊/ˈprɑːməntɔːri/
(plural promontories)
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  1. a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea岬,岬角(深入海中的狭长高地)
    synonym headland
    • a rocky promontory overlooking the bay多岩的岬角俯瞰海湾
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- ‘mountain’) of promunturium.