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kopje

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kopje, koppie [kop-ee]
Noun
S African a small isolated hill [Afrikaans]
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Noun1.kopjekopje - a small hill rising up from the African veld
koppie
Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound - a small natural hill


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He found the narrow cleft leading downward into the heart of the kopje along well-worn, granite steps.
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Like a cat he scaled the precipitous sides of the frowning granite KOPJE.
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How in that ruin she blocked out a Royal Cell of sound wax, but disguised by rubbish till it looked like a kopje among deserted kopjes.
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