promontory
/ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/US/ˈpɹɑməntɔɹi/
promontory noun: a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
Noun
promontory (plural promontories)
- A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
- Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set out to explore a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound...1857, Hugh Miller, The Cruise of the Betsey
- South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or Changshu...1970, Ken Fitzgerald, The Space Age Photographic Atlas, Crown Publishers, page 196
- A projection on the sacrum.
- A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.
Proper noun capitalized: Promontory
Promontory
- A location in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and the golden spike ceremony was held.
promontory meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
promontory in Tamil
- முன்னீட்சி, முந்தல், பிதுக்கம், குவியம்
promontory in Malayalam
- point, headland, cape
- മുനമ്പ്, കോടി, മുന്നി, കടലിലേക്കു നീണ്ടുനിൽക്കുന്ന മുനമ്പ്, കോന്തുരുത്ത്, തുരുത്ത്
promontory in Kannada
- ಭೂಶಿರ, ನೆಲಚಾಚು, ಎತ್ತರದ ಚಾಚುಭೂಮಿಯ ತುದಿ
promontory in Arabic
- a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
- رَعْن raʕn, شَنْخَة šanḵa
- projection on the sacrum
- طُنُف عَجُزِِيّ ṭunuf ʕajuziiyy
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- promontory in Thai
- แหลม lɛ̌ɛm
Examples of promontory in a sentence
- The land shoots into a promontory.
- Here is alpine country at its best, complete with lakes and tarns set amid truly rugged promontories.
- From the promontory, their gaze encompassed the entire mouth of the Boyer River.
Synonyms of promontory
Forms of promontory
| plural | promontories |
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Origin of promontory
From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)) + -tōrium (“place”).
Words formed from promontory
Questions about promontory
- What does promontory mean?
- Promontory means a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
- What is promontory in Tamil?
- Promontory in Tamil is முன்னீட்சி, முந்தல், பிதுக்கம். See Promontory meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is promontory?
- Promontory can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce promontory?
- Promontory is pronounced /ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of promontory?
- The plural of promontory is promontories.
Words near promontory in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: promontory (page history and authors); Promontory (page history and authors); promontory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); promontory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); promontory (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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