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ness

  [nes]
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–noun
a headland; promontory; cape.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME -nes(se) (in place names), in part continuing OE næs, in part < ON nes; akin to nose
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ness   (něs)   
n.  A cape or headland.

[Middle English ness, from Old English næss; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]
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ness 
obsolete except in place names, is O.E. næs "a promontory," related to nasu "nose" (see nose).
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