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promontory

prom.on.to.ry \'pra:m-*n-.to-r-e-, -.to.r-\ n [L promunturium, 
   promonturium; prob. akin to promine-re to] jut forth - more at PROMINENT 1: 
   a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water : HEAD LAND 2: 
   a bodily prominence