ness
A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
Noun
- A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
- Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of...
Origin
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose.