5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Headland \Head"land\ (h[e^]d"l[a^]nd), n. 1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. --Tusser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: headland n : a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: {promontory}, {foreland}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 21 Moby Thesaurus words for "headland": beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point, promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Headland, AL (city, FIPS 33856) Location: 31.35193 N, 85.34325 W Population (1990): 3266 (1311 housing units) Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36345 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Headland, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 3523 Housing Units (2000): 1516 Land area (2000): 16.032531 sq. miles (41.524063 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.009766 sq. miles (0.025294 sq. km) Total area (2000): 16.042297 sq. miles (41.549357 sq. km) FIPS code: 33856 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 31.353410 N, 85.339793 W ZIP Codes (1990): 36345 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Headland, AL Headland
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