headland
pronunciation
How to pronounce headland in British English:
UK [ˈhedlənd]
How to pronounce headland in American English:
US [ˈhɛdlənd, -ˌlænd]
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- Noun:
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Word Origin
- headland (n.)
- Old English heafod lond "strip of land left unplowed at the edge of a field to leave room for the plow to turn," naturally identified with boundaries; see head (n.) + land (n.). Meaning "high cape, promontory" is from 1520s.
Example
- 1. Most sightings have been on the headland . Ok .
- 2. Stunning 4-bedroom villa on spectacular headland .
- 3. Cape kazantip is a prominent headland on the kerch peninsula , which defines the southern shore of the sea of azov and the east extension of the crimean peninsula .
- 4. They start as part of a headland or sea cliff connected to land . Smashing waves erode the softer rock , leaving harder rock behind in the form of sea stacks . White cliffs , germany
- 5. Massive elevated headland extending into the sea or a river estuary .