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• n  a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• Asia and its proud promontory, Europe, have always been one land mass.
• Even the Christian quarter at the tip of Tyre's promontory that juts into the dark blue Mediterranean has emptied.
• Set on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean, 60 km north of Alicante, Altea has opened its arms to foreigners looking for a peaceful place to spend their autumnal years.

• headland
• head
• foreland

News & Articles

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• Fencers set to parry at Open competition
  Fencers set to parry at Open competition The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 09:29AM MDT Some of the best fencers in the West will gather Friday and Saturday for the Great Salt Lake Fencing Open inside the Promontory Building at the Utah State Fairgrounds. The tournament, which is free to the public, runs between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. both days. The event, which was created when fencing ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• nCino, the Leader in Cloud Banking, Raises $9 Million in Series A Funding Round
  Former Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO John Mack, Promontory Financial Group CEO Eugene Ludwig, and Live Oak Bank Chairman and CEO Chip Mahan Among Lead Investors. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10817768.htm
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb
• Hot Property: Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Estate Gets a New Owner
  (MCT)—Zsa Zsa Gabor’s longtime Bel-Air estate has sold for $11 million in a court-approved deal that will enable the ailing actress to remain in the home for three years. The French Regency-style mansion, used as the setting of the Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” sits on a one-acre-plus gated promontory with views of downtown Los [...]
  June 11, 2013 - RISMedia Real Estate News

Quotes

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• John Thwaites in The Age
  Under questioning in Parliament, Mr Thwaites said: "Wilsons Promontory, of course I've stayed there. It's absolutely appropriate as minister."
• Rebecca West in Los Angeles Times
  Ever since there were men in this region this promontory must have meant life to those that held it, death to those that lost it,West wrote. "Its prow juts out between two great rivers and looks eastward over the great Pannonian Plain that...