headland

English

Etymology

From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English hēafodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head +‎ land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdlənd/

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Noun

headland (plural headlands)

A headland (sense 1).

2. Coastal land that juts into the sea.

   Synonyms: cape, peninsula, promontory

3. The unplowed boundary of a field.

   Synonym: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) furlong

Translations

coastal land that juts into the sea

• Bulgarian: нос (bg) m (nos)
• Czech: mys (cs) m, ostroh m
• Dutch: landtong (nl) f, kaap (nl) f
• Esperanto: kabo
• Estonian: neem
• Faroese: landoddi m, forberg n
• Finnish: niemi (fi)
• Galician: cabo (gl) m
• German: Landspitze (de) f, Landzunge (de) f, Kap (de) n, Huk (de) f (North German)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥίον n (rhíon), ἄκρον n (ákron), πρῶν m (prôn) (Epic)

• Hungarian: földnyelv (hu)
• Ingrian: neemi, nenä
• Irish: rinn f, ceann tíre m
• Italian: promontorio (it) m
• Latin: prōminens n
• Macedonian: 'рт m ('rt), нос m (nos)
• Maori: whakaihu, rae, koraenga, kūrae, kūmore, kūmū, tūmū
• Norman: nez m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odde (no) m, nes (no) n, tange (no) m, forberg (no) n

  Nynorsk: odde m, nes n, tange m, forberg n

• Old English: hēafod, hēafodland
• Ottoman Turkish: بورون (burun), انف (enf)
• Persian: دماغه (fa) (damâğe)
• Polish: cypel (pl) m, przylądek (pl) m
• Portuguese: promontório (pt) m, cabo (pt) m
• Russian: мыс (ru) m (mys)
• Scots: mull
• Scottish Gaelic: rubha m, sròn f
• Slovene: rt (sl) m
• Spanish: promontorio (es) m
• Swedish: udde (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мис (uk) m (mys)
• Vietnamese: mũi đất (vi)
• Volapük: länalineg
• Welsh: pentir m

unplowed boundary of a field

• Bulgarian: синор (bg) m (sinor), межда (bg) f (mežda)
• Catalan: andana (ca) f
• Finnish: piennar (fi), päiste (fi)
• Galician: arró (gl) m, cómaro m, lindeiro (gl) m, cadabullo (gl) m, arredor (gl) m
• German: Vorgewende n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: τέλσον n (télson)

• Hungarian: fordulósáv, forgó (hu)
• Irish: iomaire cinn m
• Italian: capitagna f
• Spanish: capitaña f
• Swedish: åkerren (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} fouoyéthe f (Jersey)

See also

• abuttal
• portolan

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