kopje means A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
kopje is pronounced /kəʊpi/.
Why “kopje” is a great word
KOPJE — [Noun] A small, isolated hill or rocky outcrop, especially on the African veld. From Afrikaans *koppie*, from (South African) Dutch *kopje*, diminutive of *kop* ("head"). Unlike a "mountain," which implies colossal, tectonic scale, or a "knoll," a gentle, often verdant mound, a kopje is a specific, weathered sentinel of the savanna. It is a sun-bleached granite dome where lichen paints its slow maps, a fractured fortress for a watchful leopard, a sudden archipelago of stone in a sea of grass—a testament to the fact that isolation, not height, grants a thing its defining prominence.
Etymology
From (South African) Dutch kopje, diminutive of kop (“head”).
noun
- A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld.“In one spot only was the solemn monotony of the plain broken. Near the center a small solitary “kopje” rose. Alone it lay there, a heap of round ironstones piled one upon the other, as over some giant’s grave.”