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promontory

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Noun — A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.

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From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)) + -tōrium (“place”).

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