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Land that dares the ocean to a fight it always loses slowly.
means A high ridge of land or rock that juts out from the coastline into the sea.
from From Latin promontorium, built from pro- ('forward') and mons/montis ('mountain') — essentially 'a mountain that projects forward.' It passed through French into English in the 1500s, keeping its sense of stone muscling its way out over water.
- definition
- high point of land jutting into water
- etymology
- from latin promunturium, mountain plus forward
- erosion fate
- waves eventually carve it into an island
- famous example
- golden gate bridge anchors on one