promontory

n., pl., -ries.

1. A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
2. Anatomy. A projecting part.

[Latin prōmontorium, alteration (influenced by mōns, mont-, mount) of prōmunturium, probably from prominēre, to jut out. See prominent.]

A projecting process or eminence.

• middle ear p. — a bulge in the medial wall of the middle ear overhanging the cochlea.
• sacral p. — in the midline of the ventral surface of the lumbosacral junction, a lip at the junction of the cranial extremity of the sacrum with its ventral surface, an easily recognized prominence of the roof of the pelvic cavity.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbjerg

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorgebergte

Français (French)
n. - promontoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorgebirge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωγρ.) ακρωτήριο, κάβος

Italiano (Italian)
promontorio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - promontório (m)

Русский (Russian)
мыс

Español (Spanish)
n. - promontorio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (hög) udde, promontorium (anat.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
岬, 海角, 隆起

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 岬, 海角, 隆起

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 곶, 갑, 융기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 岬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رأس, بحري, جرف ناتىء داخل البحر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צוק, כף, ראש יבשה‬

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