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CAPE HATTERAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
