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Definition of Kilimanjaro
1. Noun. The highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high.
Group relationships: Tanzania, United Republic Of Tanzania
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Definition of Kilimanjaro
1. Proper noun. A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilimanjaro
Literary usage of Kilimanjaro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"MOUNT Kilimanjaro NATIONAL PARK Members of London's Geographical Society doubted
... Climbing Kilimanjaro takes five days for the physically fit and passes ..."
2. Travels, Researches, and Missionary Labors, During an Eighteen Years by Johann Ludwig Krapf, Ernest George Ravenstein (1860)
"... reminiscences of home—The Chief Muina—Onward again—Astonishment of the guide—
The trap-pits of the Teita—First view of Kilimanjaro, the snow-mountain ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"A Visit to Kilimanjaro and Lake Ghala. By Mrs. FRENCH SHELDON. Mrs. Sheldon succeeded
in descending to the small crater, Lake Chala, at the SE foot of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"Expedition to Kilimanjaro (in company with the Baron von der Decken*). By E.
THORSTON, FRGS, late Geologist to the Zambesi Expedition. ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"MAP OF THE ANGLO-GERMAN BOUNDARY FROM THE VICTORIA NYANZA TO Kilimanjaro.* THE
map is a reduction from the topography, on the scale of 1:100000, ..."
6. Pilkington of Uganda by Charles Forbes Harford (1899)
"CHAPTER V. A VISIT TO Kilimanjaro. Not long after arriving at Frere Town, finding
that there must be considerable delay before starting for Uganda, ..."
7. Scouting for Stanley in East Africa by Thomas Stevens (1890)
"It is one of the fourteen little mountain states or chieftainships that are
situated on the southern and eastern slopes of Kilimanjaro. ..."
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