headland

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English

Etymology

head +‎ land

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdlənd/

Noun

headland (plural headlands)

1. Coastal land that juts into the sea.
2. The unplowed boundary of a field.

Synonyms

• (coastal land that juts into the sea): peninsula, cape, promontory

Translations

bit of coastal land that juts into the sea

• Bulgarian: нос (bg) m (nos)
• Czech: mys (cs) m, ostroh m
• Esperanto: kabo
• Estonian: neem
• Finnish: niemi (fi)
• German: Landspitze f, Landzunge (de) f, Kap (de) n, Huk (de) f (North German)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥίον n (rhíon), ἄκρον n (ákron), πρῶν m (prôn) (Epic)

• Irish: rinn f, ceann tíre m
• Italian: promontorio (it) m
• Latin: prōminens n
• Macedonian: ‘рт m (‘rt)
• Maori: whakaihu, rae, koraenga, kūrae, kūmore, kūmū, tūmū
• Norman: nez m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odde (no) m, nes (no) n, tange (no) m, forberg (no) n

  Nynorsk: odde m, nes n, tange m, forberg n

• Old English: headfod
• Polish: cypel (pl) m, przylądek (pl) m
• Portuguese: promontório (pt) m, cabo (pt) m
• Russian: мыс (ru) m (mys)
• Scots: mull
• Scottish Gaelic: rubha m, sròn f
• Slovene: rt (sl) m
• Spanish: promontorio (es) m
• Swedish: udde (sv) c
• Vietnamese: mũi đất (vi)
• Volapük: länalineg
• Welsh: pentir m

unplowed boundary of a field

• Bulgarian: синор (bg) m (sinor), межда (bg) f (mežda)
• Finnish: piennar (fi), päiste (fi)
• German: Vorgewende n

• Irish: iomaire cinn m
• Italian: capitagna f
• Spanish: capitaña f

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Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} fouoyéthe f (Jersey)

See also

• abuttal
• portolan