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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Headland \Head"land\ (h[e^]d"l[a^]nd), noun
1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. ''Sow the headland with wheat.'' --Shak.
2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. --Tusser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
headland
noun: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: {promontory}, {foreland}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "headland": beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point, promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Headland, AL (city, FIPS 33856) Location: 31.35193 N, 85.34325 W Population (1990): 3266 (1311 housing units) Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36345
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Headland, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 3523 Housing Units (2000): 1516 Land area (2000): 16.032531 sq. miles (41.524063 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.009766 sq. miles (0.025294 sq. km) Total area (2000): 16.042297 sq. miles (41.549357 sq. km) FIPS code: 33856 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 31.353410 N, 85.339793 W ZIP Codes (1990): 36345 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Headland, AL Headland
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