Kopje

//kəʊpi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld. South-Africa

    "In one spot only was the solemn monotony of the plain broken. Near the center a small solitary “kopje” rose. Alone it lay there, a heap of round ironstones piled one upon the other, as over some giant’s grave."

  2. 2
    a small hill rising up from the African veld wordnet

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koppie

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"In one spot only was the solemn monotony of the plain broken. Near the center a small solitary “kopje” rose. Alone it lay there, a heap of round ironstones piled one upon the other, as over some giant’s grave."

Etymology

From (South African) Dutch kopje, diminutive of kop (“head”).

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