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headland

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi: みさき

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 10-3-2007(206): A headland is a mountain that is firmly rooted despite being surrounded on 3 sides by water. (Just like your head is a mountain surrounded by air on 3 sides, a headland!).

2) [matt_jenkins] 21-4-2008(125): Headlands are natural forts; in fact, once men build castles on them, they become armoured mountains. (Gibralter, for example, is basically an armoured mountain).

3) [Raichu] 10-11-2008(26): A mountain that has been pushed into the sea.

4) [uberclimber] 7-1-2011(22): The headland is mountainous terrain that provides a natural fortification (or armour) against sea-borne invasion. 岬 (みさき) : cape (on coast).

5) [dilandau23] 9-1-2007(19): Forget confusing the meanings (headland, promontory (#778 崎), cape (#153 埼)) they are synonyms, no way around that. Luckily, all three seem to be used in names most. I used: The headland or head of the land is obviously the part of the land that is placed highest, in the same way our head is highest on the body. Mountains are the heads of the lands they have planted their roots into.

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