kopje
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːpi/
- South African
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kopje
- The wildlife photographer captured stunning images of cheetahs resting on the warm rocks of a kopje.
Examples
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During our hike, we encountered a lone kopje, where we spotted several birds nesting among the shrubs.
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We walked several kilometers north of the village until we reached the kopje.
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" The team focuses its efforts on known "hot spots" within each territory, including water holes, riverbanks, and kopjes.
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Rock and yellow-spotted hyraxes possess a number of special adaptations to the kopjes.
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Stowed away in the recesses of their kopjes, hyraxes are relatively safe; snakes may be the only predators that can make it inside.
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Groups of lionesses usually rest together, often atop kopjes or rock piles that dot the Serengeti landscape.
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Not by coincidence, black eagles roost on or near the tops of kopjes occupied by hyraxes, and a nesting pair hunts them together.
Academic text (2009) -
"They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest Uncoffined -just as found: His landmark is a kopje-crest Which breaks the veldt around; And foreign constellations west Each night above his mound."
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As the sun set, we climbed to the top of the small kopje to get a panoramic view of the savanna.
Synonyms
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A raised area of land that is not as high as a mountain
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A high hill or small mountain that rises alone from flat land
A small grassy hill that people climb to get a better view
A small grassy hill or mound near a village
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Etymology
The word kopje comes from Afrikaans and Dutch and is made of kop ('head') plus the small ending -je ('little'), so it means 'little head'. That's why a kopje is a small hill that stands alone on flat land, like a little head rising above the plain.