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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Norman: (please verify) fouoyéthe f (Jersey)

See also

• abuttal
• portolan

Anagrams

• leadhand