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/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

headland (plural headlands)

A headland (sense 1).

Coastal land that juts into the sea.
Synonyms: cape, peninsula, promontory
The unplowed boundary of a field.
Synonym: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) furlong

Coordinate terms: furlong, land

Translations

coastal land that juts into the sea

Bulgarian: нос (bg) m (nos)
Czech: mys (cs) m, ostroh (cs) 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 (mk) 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)

Anagrams

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