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A promontory; a cape or headlandA promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
» The Loch Ness monster is an urban myth.
Лохнесское чудовище - городская легенда.
Meaning
1 sensesA promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
мысmys
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
Examples
8 sentencesThe Loch Ness monster is an urban myth.
ruЛохнесское чудовище - городская легенда. — Selena777
Have you ever heard of the Loch Ness monster?
ruТы слышал когда-нибудь о лох-несском чудовище? — sharptoothed
deHast du schon mal von dem Monster von Loch Ness gehört? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is the Loch Ness monster real or is it just an elaborate hoax?
We can't exclude the possibility that there's a giant eel in Loch Ness.
deWir können die Möglichkeit nicht ausschließen, dass es im Loch Ness einen Riesenaal gibt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do not worry, my children. I will sow Kabyle-ness in your minds and it will grow.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasjFrom Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose.
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