headland
3 synonyms for headland, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An area of coastal land projecting into the sea.
Synonyms
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foreland
promontory
Etymology
Traces back through Middle English hedelond and hedelonde to Old English hēafodland and hafudland ("boundary, headland"), equivalent to head and land. It displaced the non-native Middle English chevicir ("headland"), which had been borrowed from Old French chevecier ("head piece").
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