What does "ness" mean?
Ness: A promontory; a cape; a headland. Hakluyt. Note: Ness is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and promontories; as, Sheerness.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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