different between portolan vs headland

English

Etymology

From French portulan, from Italian portolano.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??t?l?n/

Noun

portolan (plural portolans)

1. (historical, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]
   • 2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map, Profile Books 2012, p. 110:

     Portolans are as old as the European mariner's magnetic compass, and for about two centuries the two depended on each other for the growth and safe passage of Mediterranean trade.

Translations

Alternative forms

• portolano
• portulan

Anagrams

• pronotal

English

Etymology

From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English h?afodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head +? land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?dl?nd/

Noun

headland (plural headlands)

1. Coastal land that juts into the sea.
2. The unplowed boundary of a field.

Synonyms

• (coastal land that juts into the sea; peninsula): peninsula, cape, promontory

Translations

See also

• abuttal
• portolan

Anagrams

• leadhand