名詞 promontory:

1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
   同義詞：headland, head, foreland

1. A promontory of southeast Newfoundland, Canada, on the coast of the Avalon Peninsula.
   萊思角加拿大紐芬蘭省東南部一海角，位于亞法隆半島沿岸

prom.on.to.ry

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 prom.on.to.ries
Abbr. prom.A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
縮寫 prom.岬，海角：伸出到水體中的陸地或巖石的高脊；岬或海角
Anatomy A projecting part.
【解剖學】 隆起：突出的部分

來源：
Latin prômontorium
拉丁語 prômontorium
alteration influenced by môns mont- [mount] * see mount 2
受 môns的影響 mont- [向上爬] *參見 mount2
of prômunturium
prômunturium的變化
probably from prominôre [to jut out] * see prominent
可能源自 prominôre [伸出] *參見 prominent