Definitions
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
Word origin
Named after the River Ness, of Proto-Brythonic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”) (cf. German nass (“wet”)).
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Coastal cape”4 letters
02“Headland”4 letters
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