kopje
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kopje
1880–85; < Afrikaans, equivalent to kop kop + -je diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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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
They are feeding on the buds of an acacia tree not far from the granite kopje where they sleep.
From Time Magazine Archive
There they were saluted by a detachment of two guns of O Battery from the west of the kopje.
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
At the foot of the kopje, trampling on the tennis-court and among the zinias, were many men, their faces all turned towards the huts, talking among themselves in low voices.
From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia
A rhinoceros charged us as we were crossing the foot of the kopje yonder.
From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert
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