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niemi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cape noun A sleeveless outer garment that hangs from the shoulders and covers the back and arms.
  • headland noun Coastal land that juts into the sea.
  • horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  • neck noun The part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders and trunk.
  • ness noun A headland or promontory jutting out into the sea, often used as part of place names.
  • point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.

Senses

niemi is used for these senses in English:

  • cape (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
  • headland Coastal land that juts into the sea.
  • horn Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
  • neck A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  • ness (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)

cape — full definition

  1. noun A sleeveless outer garment that hangs from the shoulders and covers the back and arms.
  2. noun A piece of land jutting out into the sea; a headland.

headland — full definition

  1. noun Coastal land that juts into the sea.
  2. noun The unplowed boundary of a field.

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