kopje

American  

[kop-ee] / ˈkɒp i /

Or koppie

noun

1. a small hill.

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kopje British  

/ ˈkɒpɪ /

noun

1. a small isolated hill

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Etymology

Origin of kopje

1880–85; < Afrikaans, equivalent to kop kop + -je diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

They are feeding on the buds of an acacia tree not far from the granite kopje where they sleep.

From Time Magazine Archive

They sit and socialize on the lower rocks of their high kopje, grooming one another with a sweet absorption, playing with their babies.

From Time Magazine Archive

This kopje had been often reconnoitred by various officers, and it was not due to any rashness on their part that a lamentable accident occurred.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

The troops marched out by the road skirting the kopje so gallantly stormed by the Guards, and moved over the veldt some few miles to the south-east, towards the Free State.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

The Boers had mounted a big gun on a kopje in front of Bushman’s Hoek, and from thence commenced to fire at about eight o’clock.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis