"ness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɛs/ Audio: en-us-ness.ogg [US], en-au-ness.ogg [Australia] Forms: nesses [plural]
enPR: nĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nesse}} Middle English nesse, {{inh|en|ang|ness}} Old English ness, {{m|ang|næss}} næss, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*nasją|t=promontory; ness}} Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”), {{cog|gml|nes}} Middle Low German nes, {{cog|is|nes}} Icelandic nes, {{cog|sv|näs}} Swedish näs, {{cog|da|næs}} Danish næs, {{cog|non|nes}} Old Norse nes, {{m|en|nose}} nose Head templates: {{en-noun}} ness (plural nesses)
  1. (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) Wikipedia link: ness Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: Girdle Ness, Little Ness Related terms: Nesting, Nes, Ness, naze Translations (a promontory; a cape or headland): հրվանդան (hrvandan) (Armenian), нос (nos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), næs [neuter] (Danish), nes [neuter] (Faroese), niemi (Finnish), nokka (Finnish), nes (Icelandic), nenä (Ingrian), нос (nos) [masculine] (Macedonian), 'рт ('rt) [masculine] (Macedonian), nes [neuter] (Norwegian), cypel [masculine] (Polish), przylądek [masculine] (Polish), мыс (mys) [masculine] (Russian)

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