PROMONTORY


Meaning of PROMONTORY in English

/ ˈprɒməntri; NAmE ˈprɑːməntɔːri/ noun

( pl. -ies ) a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea

SYN headland

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Latin promontorium , variant (influenced by mons , mont- mountain) of promunturium .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.