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ness

noun

ˈnes

as in peninsula

an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast from atop the ness, there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance

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as in cape

an area of land that juts out into a body of water the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness

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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for ness

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On The Water Apart from that sense of solitude, a major part of the appeal is clearly the location: on a peninsula with one side fronting the calm, pure turquoise water of the Caicos Bank; the other side, the rolling waves of the Atlantic in varying shades of blue.

— Laurie Werner, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Those three words were put on a bus that toured the state, visiting fans from the Motor City to the tip of the lower peninsula.

— Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025