Definition of "kopje" []

• A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld). (noun)

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• "The cotton lands were dominated by a rocky, tree-and aloe-covered hill, which we referred to as a kopje but to me was really a small mountain."
• "The summit of the kopje was a plateau, all the sides being gradual slopes except the eastern, which was almost sheer, this latter being the side from which access had been gained."
• "The central rendezvous beside the Newcastle road was well protected by a high rocky hill, which one can only call a kopje now."