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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cliff, headland, hoe, bluff
Antonyms: none provided
A projecting part of the body.
A projection on the sacrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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A projecting part of the body.
A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: headland, head, foreland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural elevation, elevation
Narrower terms: mull, point, Cape Horn, Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe, Cape Hatteras, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Cape Sable, Jebel Musa, Abila, Abyla
From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)) + -tōrium (“place”).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رَعْن
(raʕn)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Arabic:
شَنْخَة
(šanḵa)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Armenian:
հրվանդան
(hrvandan)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Bashkir:
морон
(moron)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Bulgarian:
висок нос
(visok nos)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Chinese Mandarin:
海角
(hǎijiǎo)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Czech:
mys
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Czech:
ostroh
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Czech:
útes
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Dutch:
landtong
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Dutch:
voorgebergte
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Dutch:
uitsteeksel
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Finnish:
niemeke
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Finnish:
nokka
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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French:
promontoire
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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German:
Landzunge
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Ancient Greek:
ῥίον
(rhíon)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Ancient Greek:
σκόπελος
(skópelos)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Hungarian:
hegyfok
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Irish:
ros
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Irish:
rinn
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Irish:
scoth
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Irish:
léim
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Italian:
promontorio
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Japanese:
岬
(misaki)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Khmer:
ដើមភ្នំ
(daəm pnum)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Latin:
prōmontōrium
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Macedonian:
'рт
('rt)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Macedonian:
нос
(nos)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Māori:
koutu
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Māori:
kūmore
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Māori:
tūmū
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Norman:
capée
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Norwegian Bokmål:
odde
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Norwegian Bokmål:
landtunge
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nes
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tange
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Old English:
hōh
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Polish:
cypel
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Polish:
przylądek
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Portuguese:
promontório
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Russian:
мыс
(mys)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Russian:
вы́ступ
(výstup)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Russian:
стре́лка
(strélka)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Scots:
mull
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Scottish Gaelic:
rubha
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Scottish Gaelic:
sròn
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Serbo-Croatian:
promontorij
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Spanish:
promontorio
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Swahili:
rasi
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Swedish:
udde
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Thai:
แหลม
(lɛ̌ɛm)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Ottoman Turkish:
بورون
(burun)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Ukrainian:
мис
(mys)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Ukrainian:
виступ
(vystup)
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Volapük:
länalineg
— a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
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Arabic:
طُنُف عَجُزِِيّ
(ṭunuf ʕajuziiyy)
— projection on the sacrum
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Czech:
předhoří
— projection on the sacrum
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Polish:
wzgórek
— projection on the sacrum
