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Kilimanjaro
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English
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Etymology
Unclear, but most likely from en sw kilima hill + sw njaro.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɪləmənˈd͡ʒɑɹoʊ/ /ˌkɪlɪmənˈd͡ʒɑːɹəʊ/
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Proper noun
A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).
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en Toyin Owoseje Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/world/earth-day-2022-google-doodle-climate-scli-intl 2022-04-22 Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20220517221425/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/world/earth-day-2022-google-doodle-climate-scli-intl/
Synonyms
en Kili
en Mount Kilimanjaro
Derived terms
en Kilimanjaro mahogany
Translations
volcano
Afrikaans: af Kilimandjaro
Arabic: ar كليمنجارو
Assamese: as কিলিমঞ্জাৰ’
Bengali: bn কিলিমাঞ্জারো
Burmese: my ကီလီမန်ဂျာရို
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 乞力馬扎羅山 Qǐlìmǎzháluóshān
Czech: cs Kilimandžáro n
Finnish: fi Kilimanjaro
French: fr Kilimandjaro m
German: de Kilimandscharo m, obsolete de Kilima-Ndscharo m
Greek: el Κιλιμάντζαρο
Gujarati: gu કિલીમંજારો
Hebrew: he קילימנג׳רו קילימנג'רו
Hindi: hi किलिमंजारो m
Hungarian: hu Kilimandzsáró
Irish: ga Cill Íomanjaro
Italian: it Kilimangiaro m, it Chilimangiaro m
Japanese: ja キリマンジャロ Kirimanjaro
Kannada: kn ಕಿಲಿಮಂಜಾರೊ
Khmer: km គីលីម៉ានចារ៉ូ
Korean: ko 킬리만자로
Macedonian: mk Килиманџа́ро
Malayalam: ml കിളിമഞ്ചാരോ
Mongolian: mn Килиманжаро
Persian: fa کلیمانجارو
Polish: pl Kilimandżaro
Portuguese: pt Kilimanjaro m, pt Quilimanjaro m
Punjabi: pa ਕਿਲੀਮੰਜਾਰੋ
Russian: ru Килиманджа́ро
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Килиманџаро
Latin: sh Kilimandžaro
Spanish: es Kilimanjaro m
Swahili: sw Kilimanjaro
Tamil: ta கிளிமஞ்சாரோ
Telugu: te కిలిమంజారో
Thai: th คิลิมันจาโร kí-lí-man-jaa-roh
Ukrainian: uk Кіліманджаро
Urdu: ur کلیمنجارو kilimañjāro
Further reading
Mount Kilimanjaro
en Mountains
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Quilimanjaro
Pronunciation
pt aɾu
Proper noun
m
pt volcano c/Tanzania Kilimanjaro
Spanish
es:
Alternative forms
es Kilimanyaro
Pronunciation
+<q:chiefly Spain>,Kilimanyaro<q:chiefly Latin America>
Proper noun
m
es volcano c/Tanzania Kilimanjaro
Further reading
es spelling pronunciations
Swahili
sw:
Pronunciation
kilimanjaro
sw Sw-ke-Kilimanjaro.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw volcano c/Tanzania Kilimanjaro