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# kopje

noun (a kopje, kopjes; also koppie)

«kopje» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (South Africa) A small hill, usually rocky, standing alone on flat open land (the veld). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#m1)
2. It comes from Afrikaans and Dutch, meaning «little head». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons about southern Africa, kopjes are small rocky hills on the grasslands, where lions and other animals rest; in history lessons about the Boer War, soldiers fought around kopjes. A similar word is «tor» on Dartmoor. Phrases: a rocky kopje.

### Examples

- The lions lay on top of the kopje, watching the plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x1)
- A kopje is a small rocky hill in South Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x2)
- From the kopje, we could see the whole valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x3)
- The soldiers hid behind a kopje. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x4)
- Baboons climbed over the rocks of the kopje. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x5)
- The safari truck stopped near a kopje at sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a kopje, kopjes. Pronounced KOP-ee. The «j» is silent, as in Dutch and Afrikaans. Also spelled «koppie». A South African English word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kopje» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kopje/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kopje» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kopje.html) on Mova free.