Meaning & use
Mount Kilimanjaro
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Meaning
proper nounproper
A very high volcanic mountain in northeastern Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa.
Grammar: Used as a name, so it normally takes no article: climb Mount Kilimanjaro, not 'the Mount Kilimanjaro'.
Patterns
- climb Mount Kilimanjaro
- on Mount Kilimanjaro
They spent six days climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
Mount Kilimanjaro rises above the plains of northern Tanzania.
Snow still covers the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, though it is melting fast.
Common combinations
- climb Mount Kilimanjaro
- Thousands of hikers try to climb Mount Kilimanjaro every year.
- the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
- They reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro just before sunrise.
- Mount Kilimanjaro National Park
- The route starts inside Mount Kilimanjaro National Park.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Kilimanjaro
- The short form used in everyday speech; both names refer to the same mountain.
Commonly confused: Mount Kilimanjaro or Kenya?
Mount Kilimanjaro vs Kenya
The mountain is in Tanzania, near the border with Kenya; people sometimes wrongly say it is in Kenya.
Practice
Which sentence uses the name correctly?
Choose one answer.
Mountain names of this type take no article, so 'Mount Kilimanjaro' stands alone; 'the Mount Kilimanjaro' wrongly adds a definite article.
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