kopje, koppie
(noun) a small hill rising up from the African veld
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kopje (plural kopjes)
(South Africa) A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld).
Source: Wiktionary
Kop"je, n. [South African D., dim. of kop. See Kop.]
Definition: A hillock; a small kop. [South Africa]
The colloqual Dutch pronunciation as here given is the usual one in South Africa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
