promontory

Meanings

1. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
2. A projecting part of the body.
3. A projection on the sacrum.
4. A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.

1. A location in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and the golden spike ceremony was held.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)) + -tōrium (“place”).