Kilimanjaro

English

Etymology

Unclear, but most likely from Swahili kilima (“hill”) + njaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɪləmənˈd͡ʒɑɹoʊ/, /ˌkɪlɪmənˈd͡ʒɑːɹəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Kilimanjaro

1. A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

   Meronyms: Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira

   • 2022 April 22, Toyin Owoseje, “Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 May 2022:

     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.

Synonyms

• Kili
• Mount Kilimanjaro

Derived terms

• Kilimanjaro mahogany

Translations

volcano

• Arabic: كليمنجارو
• Assamese: কিলিমঞ্জাৰ’ (kilimoñzarö)
• Bengali: কিলিমাঞ্জারো (kilimanjarō)
• Burmese: ကီလီမန်ဂျာရို (kiliman-gyarui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乞力馬扎羅山 / 乞力马扎罗山 (zh) (Qǐlìmǎzháluóshān)

• Czech: Kilimandžáro n
• Finnish: Kilimanjaro
• French: Kilimandjaro (fr) m
• German: Kilimandscharo (de) m, (obsolete) Kilima-Ndscharo m
• Greek: Κιλιμάντζαρο (Kilimántzaro)
• Gujarati: કિલીમંજારો (kilīmañjāro)
• Hebrew: קילימנג׳רו
• Hindi: किलिमंजारो m (kilimañjāro)
• Hungarian: Kilimandzsáró (hu)
• Irish: Cill Íomanjaro
• Italian: Kilimangiaro m, Chilimangiaro m
• Japanese: キリマンジャロ (Kirimanjaro)
• Kannada: ಕಿಲಿಮಂಜಾರೊ (kilimañjāro)
• Khmer: គីលីម៉ានចារ៉ូ (kiiliimaancaarou)
• Korean: 킬리만자로 (killimanjaro)
• Macedonian: Килиманџа́ро (Kilimandžáro)
• Malayalam: കിളിമഞ്ചാരോ (kiḷimañcārō)
• Mongolian: Килиманжаро (Kilimanžaro)
• Persian: کلیمانجارو
• Polish: Kilimandżaro (pl)
• Portuguese: Kilimanjaro m, Quilimanjaro m
• Punjabi: ਕਿਲੀਮੰਜਾਰੋ (kilīmañjāro)
• Russian: Килиманджа́ро (ru) (Kilimandžáro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Килиманџаро

  Latin: Kilimandžaro (sh)

• Spanish: Kilimanjaro m
• Swahili: Kilimanjaro
• Tamil: கிளிமஞ்சாரோ (kiḷimañcārō)
• Telugu: కిలిమంజారో (kilimañjārō)
• Thai: คิลิมันจาโร (kí-lí-man-jaa-roh)
• Ukrainian: Кіліманджаро (Kilimandžaro)
• Urdu: کلیمنجارو (kilimañjāro)

Further reading

• Mount Kilimanjaro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Quilimanjaro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.li.mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.li.mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.li.mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.li.mɐ̃ˈʒa.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -aɾu

Proper noun

Kilimanjaro m

1. Kilimanjaro (a volcano in Tanzania)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Kilimanyaro

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (chiefly Spain) /kilimanˈxaɾo/ [ki.li.mãŋˈxa.ɾo], (chiefly Latin America) /kilimanˈʝaɾo/ [ki.li.mãɲˈɟ͡ʝa.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (chiefly Spain) /kilimanˈxaɾo/ [ki.li.mãŋˈxa.ɾo], (chiefly Latin America) /kilimanˈʝaɾo/ [ki.li.mãɲˈɟ͡ʝa.ɾo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): (chiefly Spain) /kilimanˈxaɾo/ [ki.li.mãŋˈxa.ɾo], (chiefly Latin America) /kilimanˈʃaɾo/ [ki.li.mãnʲˈʃa.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): (chiefly Spain) /kilimanˈxaɾo/ [ki.li.mãŋˈxa.ɾo], (chiefly Latin America) /kilimanˈʒaɾo/ [ki.li.mãnʲˈʒa.ɾo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: Ki‧li‧man‧ja‧ro

Proper noun

Kilimanjaro m

1. Kilimanjaro (a volcano in Tanzania)

Further reading

• “Kilimanjaro”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ki.li.mɑˈⁿdʒɑ.ɾɔ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Kilimanjaro

1. Kilimanjaro (a volcano in Tanzania)