Kilimanjaro

[ kil-uh-muhn-jahr-oh ]

noun

1. a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5,889 meters).

Kilimanjaro

/ ˌkɪlɪmənˈdʒɑːrəʊ /

noun

1. a volcanic massif in N Tanzania: the highest peak in Africa; extends from east to west for 80 km (50 miles). Height: 5895 m (19 340 ft)

Kilimanjaro

1. The highest mountain in Africa , located in northeastern Tanzania .

Notes

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway .

Example Sentences

I did a ten minute scene in his class: the guy who had gangrene in his leg in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

From The Daily Beast

Reavis was summiting Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of young innovators, including Mooser.

From The Daily Beast

In the shadow of Kilimanjaro, an Italian couple has created a luxurious and eco-friendly safari camp favored by celebrities.

From The Daily Beast

It is an apt moniker, as the land between the Chyulu Hills and Mount Kilimanjaro reveals itself season after season.

From The Daily Beast

It is the terrain mythologized by Hemingway in The Green Hills of Africa and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

From The Daily Beast

The people of Kibonoto are the westernmost inhabitants on the slopes of Kilimanjaro.

From Project Gutenberg

They believe that cannon were taken up Kilimanjaro by the first Arabs who came into the country, and there they lie.

From Project Gutenberg

Its peaks are the highest in Africa south of Mount Kilimanjaro, for several of them reach 11,000 feet.

From Project Gutenberg

From here he was driven in March, 1916, and by the end of that month our forces had conquered the whole Kilimanjaro-Meru areas.

From Project Gutenberg

Fever-stricken wrecks are they of the men that marched so eagerly to Kilimanjaro nine weary months before.

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