Promontary (adj)
pro-mon-te-ree
A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.
Mid 16th century from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- ‘mountain’) of promunturium.
Example sentences
“Upon the rocky promontory.”
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