kop

¹ American  

[kop] / kɒp /

noun

1. a hill.

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kop. ² American  

abbreviation

1. kopeck.

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kop British  

/ kɒp /

noun

1. a prominent isolated hill or mountain in southern Africa See inselberg

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Etymology

Origin of kop

1825–35; < Afrikaans: literally, head, hence high or top part. See cop ³

Example Sentences

The enemy had reached the top of the "kop" on the evening of the second day of the fight, not, however, without having sustained considerable losses.

From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.

Múniyá says kop is a Hindústání, not a Bengáli word, and has nothing whatever to do with demons.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous

After the battle which was fought on the 30th of November this kop was christened by us Little Majuba.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

The huts were built in a wide ring round a compound full of bush and big trees, and the whole camp was pitched half-way up the slope of the biggest kop.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

I ordered my brother, Piet de Wet, with fifty men of the Bethlehem commando, to remain behind and guard the kop.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf