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Trogyllium
Trogyllium , promontory, W Asia Minor, jutting out into the Aegean Sea just S of Samos. The Acts of the Apostles reports that St. Paul stopped there. ... Read more
Tintagel
Tintagel , small town, Cornwall, SW England. It is S of Tintagel Head, a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow, rocky neck of land. The ruined Tintagel Castle, which extends from the promontory across the isthmus, was built in the 12th cent. on the site of a Celtic monastery. The area is ... Read more
Cape Finisterre
Cape Finisterre [Lat. finis terrae =land's end], rocky promontory, extreme NW Spain, on the Atlantic coast of Galicia. Off the cape, the English won two naval battles against the French (1747, in the War of the Austrian Succession; 1805, in the Napoleonic Wars). ... Read more
Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head , chalk promontory, East Riding of Yorkshire, E England, N of Bridlington Bay. There is a lighthouse at the tip. Danes' Dyke (an ancient earthwork fortification) crosses the peninsula. The chalk cliffs are wave-carved into caves and stacks and are inhabited by flocks of seafowl. ... Read more
Land's End
Land's End promontory, Cornwall, SW England, forming the westernmost extremity of the English mainland. Of wave-carved granite, it has cliffs c.60 ft (20 m) high. Offshore are reefs and rocky islets, on one of which is Longships Lighthouse. Land's End is a major tourist attraction. ... Read more
Trapani
Trapani , city (1991 pop. 69,497), capital of Trapani prov., W Sicily, Italy, a seaport on a promontory in the Mediterranean Sea. The city's exports include marsala wine, salt, and tuna fish. Known in ancient times as Drepanum, the city was an important Carthaginian naval base and fell to Rome after... Read more
Acapulco
Acapulco , city (1990 pop. 515,374), Guerrero state, S Mexico. A fashionable resort since the 1920s, it is known for its lavish hotels, deep-sea fishing, and skin diving. Its natural harbor, surrounded by cliffs and promontories, was a base for Spanish exploration of the Pacific and was key in trade... Read more
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel [Heb.,=garden land], mountain ridge, NW Israel, extending 13 mi (21 km) NW from the plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea, where it ends in a promontory marking the southern limit of the Bay of Haifa. Its highest point is 1,792 ft (546 m), and it is one of the most striking physi... Read more
Getty Center
Getty Center art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif., operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. Designed by architect Richard Meier , the center opened in 1997. The museum houses the G... Read more
Valletta
Valletta , city (1994 est. pop. 9,129), capital of Malta, NE Malta. It is strategically located on a rocky promontory between two deep harbors. Dockyards line the harbors and employ more workers than any other industry. Tourism is also an important industry. A 16th-century town, with many relics of ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Promontory"

Senegal
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...Volcanic action created the Cap Vert promontory, which is the westernmost point in...Coastal Features North of the Cap Vert promontory, the pounding of heavy surf, northeast...narrows and is interrupted by a rocky promontory at Popenguine. Just above The Gambia...
alpine orogeny
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...depositing early flysch, and causing the collision of the Adriatic promontory of Africa with Europe. The lack of subduction-related igneous...Africa with associated anticlockwise rotation of the Adriatic promontory caused final closure of these basins, deposition of flysch...
Pausanias
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...importance in Greek history. "When you have rounded the promontory," he stated in the Description of Greece, "you see...harbor and a temple to Athena of Sunium on the peak of the promontory. Farther on is Laurium, where once the Athenians had...
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...The meeting place of the two railroads was eventually set at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. As amended by a second piece of...more than 1000 miles of rail between Omaha, Nebraska, and Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, where on May 10, 1869, a golden...
lee
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...loe or laa , sea, as the derivation; the side of a ship, promontory, or other object away from the wind. The word can be used...does not have the wind blowing on it. The lee of a rock or promontory, that side sheltered from the wind. Lee helm , the helm...
Tintagel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Cornwall, SW England. It is S of Tintagel Head, a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow, rocky neck of land. The ruined Tintagel Castle, which extends from the promontory across the isthmus, was built in the 12th cent. on the...
Aldo Rossi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...as diverse as the lighthouse and the barge. A steel structure clad in wood, it was towed from its construction site to a promontory in Venice where it remained only for the duration of the Biennale. In 1981 Rossi published his second book, the episodic...
West Quoddy Head
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition West Quoddy Head promontory extending into the Atlantic Ocean, SE Maine, SE of Lubec; the easternmost point in the continental United States. A lighthouse is there.
transcontinental railroad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...began construction from Omaha, Nebr., while the Central Pacific broke ground at Sacramento, Calif. The two lines met at Promontory Summit, Utah, and on May 10, 1869, a golden spike joined the two railways, thus completing the first transcontinental...
Trapani
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Trapani , city (1991 pop. 69,497), capital of Trapani prov., W Sicily, Italy, a seaport on a promontory in the Mediterranean Sea. The city's exports include marsala wine, salt, and tuna fish. Known in ancient times as Drepanum...

Dictionary entries related to "Promontory"

Promontory Point
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PROMONTORY POINT PROMONTORY POINT, Utah, was the site of the dramatic completion, on 10 May 1869, of the first transcontinental railroad, which linked the Union Pacific on the east and the Central Pacific on the west. A giant crowd gathered...
promontory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing promontory ( prom -ŏn-ter-i) n. (in anatomy) a projecting part of an organ or other structure.
Skyscrapers
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...who arrived in Chicago in 1938, almost single-handedly completed the process, beginning with his 1946 – 1949 Promontory Apartments. More than any other edifice, his 1954 – 1958 Seagram Building in New York made the flatroofed, glass...
Central Pacific–Union Pacific Race
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the two roads were about one hundred miles apart, Congress passed a law compelling the companies to join their tracks at Promontory Point, Utah, some fifty miles from the end of each completed line. The final, and most spectacular, lap of the race was...
tongue
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...gift of tongues below. 2. a thing resembling or likened to a tongue, in particular: ∎  a long, low promontory of land. ∎  a strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end...
hook
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for an eighth note or other note. 5. [usu. in place names ] a curved promontory or sand spit. • v. 1. [ tr. ] attach or fasten with a hook or hooks: the truck had a red lamp hooked to its...
horn
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...resembling or compared to a horn in shape. ∎  a horn-shaped projection. ∎  a sharp promontory or mountain peak. ∎  a raised projection on the pommel of a Western saddle: slung from the horn of his...
cape
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...and neck of (an animal) to prepare a hunting trophy. DERIVATIVES: caped adj. cape 2 • n. 1. a headland or promontory. ∎  ( the Cape ) the Cape of Good Hope. ∎  ( the Cape ) Cape Cod, Massachusetts...
bluff
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...bluff, hearty man. DERIVATIVES: bluff·ly adv. bluff·ness n. bluff 3 • n. a steep cliff, bank, or promontory. • adj. (of a cliff or a ship's bow) having a vertical or steep broad front.
Edinburgh
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...s name); OE burh , fortress; cf. Sc. burgh , borough]. The Scottish capital, more specifically the imposing stone promontory (300 feet) today called Castle Rock, at the centre of the city, appears in many Celtic narratives. From earliest recorded...

Thesaurus entries related to "Promontory"

promontory
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus promontory • noun  a lone beacon shone from the promontory synonyms : headland, point, cape, head, foreland, horn, bill, peninsula.
cape
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English cape 2 • noun  drowned off the cape synonyms : headland, head, point, promontory, neck, peninsula.
bluff
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English bluff 2 • noun   synonyms : cliff, headland, ridge, promontory, peak, crag, bank, slope, height, escarpment, scarp.
point
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...end, tapered end, tip, top, extremity, prong, spike, tine.   2. ships sailing around the point synonyms : promontory, headland, head, foreland, cape, bluff.   3. Gettysburg is a point of great interest synonyms : place, position...
prominence
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...synonyms : protuberance, projection, jutting, swelling, bulge.   3. a prominence overhanging the beach synonyms : promontory, pinnacle, projection, height, crest, cliff, crag.   4. the prominence of the tower on the skyline synonyms...
head
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...beer synonyms : froth, foam, lather, suds.   11. standing on the head looking out to sea synonyms : headland, promontory, point, cape.   12. the material is listed under various heads synonyms : heading, category, class, classification...
cliff
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English cliff • noun   synonyms : precipice, rock face, face, crag, bluff, escarpment, scarp, overhang, promontory, tor.
peninsula
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus peninsula • noun  residents on the peninsula take these storm warnings very seriously synonyms : cape, promontory, point, head, headland, foreland, ness, horn, bill, bluff.
headland
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus headland • noun  his family owns all of the houses on the headland synonyms : cape, promontory, point, head, foreland, peninsula, bluff.

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Promontory Emerges from Bankruptcy - Successful Bidder is Affiliate of Original Developer.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 5/8/2009; 700+ words ; ...Pivotal 7000, LLC, an affiliate of Promontory's original developer, Pivotal Group, as the winner of the recent auction of Promontory, a luxury second-home community in...finding it to be in the best interests of Promontory and its members and creditors. Promontory...
Promontory Continues to Blossom: Lot Sales Exceed $70 Million in 2006.
PR Newswire; 5/31/2006; 700+ words ; 61 Homesites Sold in One Weekend at Promontory PARK CITY, Utah, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Promontory - The Ranch Club, a private second home...homesite lots in its Northgate Canyon and Promontory Ridge neighborhoods during one weekend...
Promontory Plans More Development in 2004; Follows Growth in 2003.
PR Newswire; 2/5/2004; 700+ words ; ...Utah, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Promontory - The Ranch Club, a private ranch...close. More than 150 home sites at Promontory have sold since sales began in the first quarter of 2002. Promontory is being developed by Pivotal Group...
Promontory Announces Alliance with Sotheby's International Realty.
Newspaper article from: Investment Weekly News; 11/21/2009; 700+ words ; Promontory, a luxury second-home community based...Blueprint Global Marketing. "We at Promontory are delighted to be entering into this...of Pivotal Group, the developer of Promontory. "As a global leader in luxury real...
Promontory - The Ranch Club Continues Development of First-Class Member Amenities; Ranch Clubhouse Opened July 3, 2004.
Business Wire; 7/8/2004; 700+ words ; PARK CITY, Utah -- Promontory - The Ranch Club, a private ranch...as media members in attendance. Promontory is a 10-square-mile recreational...outside Park City and Deer Valley. Promontory's unique mountain ranch setting...
COLLEEN CASSIDY JOINS PROMONTORY FINANCIAL GROUP.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/29/2009; 700+ words ; ...Contact details below.) (BW)(DC-PROMONTORY-FINANCIAL) Colleen Cassidy, Former...Regulation Authority Senior Official, Joins Promontory Financial Group Business Editors WASHINGTON...BUSINESS WIRE) - Oct. 28, 2009-- Promontory Financial Group, the premier global...
Bruce Summerhays to Represent Promontory - The Ranch Club On PGA Champions Tour.
PR Newswire; 4/21/2003; 700+ words ; ...Tour professional Bruce Summerhays and Promontory - The Ranch Club, a private ranch club...Under the provisions of the agreement, Promontory will be Summerhays' new "Home Club...and golf bag will proudly feature the Promontory - The Ranch Club logo. In addition...
Golf Inc. Magazine Names Promontory '2003 Development of the Year'.
PR Newswire; 10/29/2003; 700+ words ; ...Utah, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Promontory - The Ranch Club in Park City, Utah...its overall vision for the course. Promontory, a 10-square mile, second-home...With 1,600 potential homesites, Promontory offers its members a full-service...
TOMMASO PADOA-SCHIOPPA APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF PROMONTORY EUROPE.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 6/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...Contact details below.) (BW)(PROMONTORY-FINANCIAL) Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Appointed Chairman of Promontory Europe Former Italian Finance Minister...government, has been appointed Chairman of Promontory Europe. In his new position, he...
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Appointed Chairman of Promontory Europe.
Business Wire; 6/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...government, has been appointed Chairman of Promontory Europe. In his new position, he will oversee Promontory's expansion of operations throughout...European operations, he will provide Promontory clients in Europe with strategic advice...