CAPE HATTERAS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina

Example:

frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)

foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))

Holonyms ("Cape Hatteras" is a part of...):

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)